Irish

Noun

muinntir f ‎(genitive singular muinntire, nominative plural muinntireacha)

1. Superseded spelling of muintir.

Declension

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish muinter ‎(“family, community, attendants”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmwiɲtʰʲɪɾʲ/

Noun

muinntir f ‎(genitive singular muinntire or muinntreach, no plural)

1. people, folk
2. inhabitants
   • 'Sann de mhuinntir Uidhist a tha e.‎

     He is a native of Uist, or His relations are Uist people.

3. family, relations, household
   • Cha do ghabh a mhuinntir fhéin ris.‎

     His own relations did not receive him.

4. tribe, clan, kindred
5. servants, farmhands
6. cast (company of actors)
7. population
8. train (retinue)

Mutation

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “muinter” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.