cinnteach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cinntech. By surface analysis, cinnt +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰʲĩːɲtʲəx/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [ˈkʰʲə̃ĩɲtʲəx]

Adjective

cinnteach (genitive singular masculine cinntich)

  1. certain, sure, confident, positive
    Bha Seumas cinnteach gun robh an trèan a' tighinn. ― James was certain that the train was coming.
  2. certain, sure, actual, confident, definite
    Synonym: deimhinn
  3. accurate, authentic, veritable

Usage notes
  • The preposition à (às before the definite article) or the appropriate prepositional pronoun is used to express "sure of" etc:
    Tha mi cinnteach à ceartas an tagraidh. ― I am certain of the justice of the claim.
    Bha sinn cinnteach às an toradh. ― We were sure of the result.
    Tha iad cinnteach asta fhèin. ― They are confident of themselves.

Derived terms

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

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cinnteach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cinntech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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