Cináed
Old Irish
Etymology
The traditional derivation from cinid (“to be born, descend from”) + áed (“fire”) is probably a folk etymology; it is more likely to be an adaptation of Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ (Ciniod).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʲi.naːi̯ð/
Proper noun
Cináed m (genitive Cináeda)
- a male given name from Pictish
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Cináed | — | — |
| vocative | Cináed | — | — |
| accusative | CináedN | — | — |
| genitive | CináedoH, CináedaH | — | — |
| dative | CináedL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| Cináed | Chináed | Cináed pronounced with /ɡʲ-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Rhys, Guto (2015) Approaching the Pictish language: historiography, early evidence and the question of Pritenic (PhD thesis)[1], University of Glasgow
- Ó Corráin, Donnchadh; Maguire, Fidelma (1981), Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 52
- Patrick Hanks; Flavia Hodges; Kate Hardcastle, editor (2006), “Kenneth”, in A Dictionary of First Names, second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.