cinn in Scottish Gaelic

IPA: /kʲʰiːɲ/, [kʲʰẽ̠ĩɲ] [Lewis] Forms: chinn [past], cinnidh [future], cinntinn [noun-from-verb], cinnte [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From the root of cineal (“progeny, offspring”). Head templates: {{head|gd|verb|past|chinn||{{{past2}}}|future|cinnidh||{{{fut2}}}|verbal noun|cinntinn||{{{vn2}}}||{{{vn3}}}|past participle|cinnte||{{{pp2}}}||{{{pp3}}} -->|head=}} cinn (past chinn, future cinnidh, verbal noun cinntinn, past participle cinnte), {{gd-verb|fut=cinnidh|past=chinn|pp=cinnte|vn=cinntinn}} cinn (past chinn, future cinnidh, verbal noun cinntinn, past participle cinnte)

Inflected forms

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"cinn" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

Noun

Verb

Inflected forms