cinnteacht

Irish

Etymology

From cinnte +‎ -acht.

Noun

cinnteacht f (genitive singular cinnteachta, nominative plural cinnteachtaí)

1. certainty

   Synonyms: dearfacht, deimhneacht

2. (law) limitation

Declension

Declension of cinnteacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cinnteacht cinnteachtaí Vocative a chinnteacht a chinnteachtaí Genitive cinnteachta cinnteachtaí Dative cinnteacht cinnteachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an chinnteacht na cinnteachtaí Genitive na cinnteachta na gcinnteachtaí Dative leis an gcinnteacht don chinnteacht leis na cinnteachtaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cinnteacht	chinnteacht	gcinnteacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cinnteacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cinnteacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cinnteacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024