Irish

Alternative forms

• muinntear (obsolete)
• muinntir (superseded)

Noun

muintir f ‎(genitive singular muintire, nominative plural muintireacha)

1. parents
   • 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”^[1]:

     Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.‎

     Her parents had no children but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people for this young girl.

2. relative
3. people, folk, tribe, nation, band

Declension

Usage notes

• When used by itself, in modern Irish it refers to ‘parents’;
• When used with a following attributive noun, it means ‘folk’ or ‘people’:

  muintir na hÉireann ‎(“the Irish”)

  muintir na Spáinne ‎(“the Spanish”)

Synonyms

• (parents): tuismitheoirí

Mutation

References

1. ↑ M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval, 1936, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 193.

• “muintir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “muinntear” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "muintir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.