pinsinéir
Irish
Alternative forms
- pinnsinéir (superseded)
- pinsinéara (Cois Fharraige)
Etymology
Borrowed from English pensioner, from Anglo-Norman pensionner, from Old French pensionnier, from Medieval Latin pēnsiōnārius. Synchronically analyzable as pinsean + -éir.
Noun
pinsinéir m (genitive singular pinsinéara, nominative plural pinsinéirí)
- pensioner (someone living on a pension)
Declension
Declension of pinsinéir
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- pinsinéir seanaoise m (“old age pensioner”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| pinsinéir | phinsinéir | bpinsinéir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "pinsinéir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “pinnsinéir” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Entries containing “pinsinéir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “pinsinéir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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