cinstear

Irish

Etymology

Dinneen suggests a derivation from English canister,[1] which would make it a doublet of ceanastar.

Pronunciation

Noun

cinstear

  1. (Munster) only used in déan cinstear de (“to break into bits”)

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cinstear”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 191; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117

Further reading

  • “cinstear”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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