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muinntir

-e & -treach, sf coll. & sing People, men. 2 Inhabitants. 3 Parents. 4 Relation. 5 Family, household. 6 Tribe, clan. 7 Servants. 8 Farm-hands. Cha do ghabh a mhuinntir fhéin ris, his own [relations] did not receive him; muinntir a' bhaile seo, the people of this town; muinntir an taighe seo, the inhabitants of this house; do mhuinntir, your people, your relations; do mhuinntir chéile, your spouse's people; 'sann de mhuinntir Uidhist a tha e, he is a native of Uist, or his relations are Uist people; muinntir do dhùthcha, your countrymen. In some places they say “a' mhuinntir bheag is a' mhuinntir mhór” for “an fheadhainn bheag is an fheadhainn mhór,” the big ones and the little ones. [These nouns are not pl. so the adjectives must be sing but the pronouns would be pl].

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