muintir

• muinntear (obsolete)
• muinntir (superseded)

Originally the dative singular, from Old Irish muinter.

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠiːn̠ʲtʲəɾʲ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪn̠ʲtʲəɾʲ/

muintir f (genitive singular muintire, nominative plural muintireacha)

1. family
   • 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:

     Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.

     Her parents had no children but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people for this young girl.

2. relative
3. people, folk, tribe, nation, band

• When used by itself, in modern Irish it refers to ‘parents’;
• When used with a following attributive noun, it means ‘folk’ or ‘people’:

  muintir na hÉireann (“the Irish”)

  muintir na Spáinne (“the Spanish”)

• (parents): tuismitheoirí

• athair muintire m (“the father of a family”)

• "muintir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “muintir”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• “muinntear” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.