cineal

See also: cineál

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cenél (compare Irish cineál), from Proto-Celtic *kenetlom (“family”).

Noun

cineal m (genitive singular cineil, plural cinealan)

  1. offspring, progeny
  2. sort, species, nature
  3. race, tribe, clan, extraction
  4. sex, gender
  5. kindness

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • “cenél” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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