muinntir

Irish

Noun

muinntir f (genitive singular muinntire, nominative plural muinntireacha)

  1. Superseded spelling of muintir.

Declension
Declension of muinntir

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative muinntir muinntireacha
Vocative a mhuinntir a mhuinntireacha
Genitive muinntire muinntireacha
Dative muinntir muinntireacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhuinntir na muinntireacha
Genitive na muinntire na muinntireacha
Dative leis an muinntir

don mhuinntir

 leis na muinntireacha

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
muinntir mhuinntir not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish muinter (“family, community, attendants”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmwiɲtʰʲɪɾʲ/

Noun

muinntir f (genitive singular muinntire or muinntreach, no plural)

  1. people, folk
  2. inhabitants
    • 'Sann de mhuinntir Uidhist a tha e.
      He is a native of Uist, or His relations are Uist people.
  3. family, relations, household
    • Cha do ghabh a mhuinntir fhéin ris.
      His own relations did not receive him.
  4. tribe, clan, kindred
  5. servants, farmhands
  6. cast (company of actors)
  7. population
  8. train (retinue)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
muinntirmhuinntir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “muinter” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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