cinn1, v.t. & i. 1. Lit: Step. Ní chinnfinn céim thar ceart, I would not go one step further than I should. Gach aon chinneas talamh, everyone who walks the earth. 2. (With ar)(a) Surpass, overcome. Fear a chinn ar chách, a man who surpassed all men. ~eann foighne ar gach ní, patience surmounts all obstacles. (b) Be too much for. Chinn an obair orm, the work was too much for me. Chinn orm é a dhéanamh, I failed to do it. Tá sé ag ~eadh orm, it is getting beyond me.
cinn2, v.t. & i. Fix, determine, decree. ~eadh ar rud a dhéanamh, to decide to do sth. ~eadh ar lá, to fix a day. Níl rud ar bith ~te fós, nothing has been determined yet. Comhairle a chinneadh, ~eadh ar chomhairle, to decide upon a course of action. An rud a chinn Dia liom, what God ordained for me. Chinn Dia léi (go), God granted her (that). Ach nár chinn Dia liom, but that God did not will it for me. Jur:~eadh go, to determine, find, that. Mar a chinn an moltóir, as the umpire decided.
cinn3:ceann1.
cinn-4. For words not found under cinn- see ceann-.