adj
o-ā (neg. of cinntech),
(a)
indefinite, undetermined (in sense, extent or number), uncertain : is ecintech
in gním arafolmathar (gl. futurum cum incertum sit)
Sg.
147b4
. is ecintech in tert-persan the third person is indefinite
211b10
. athgabail ecinntech `not the exact measure (of
the claim but) distress'
Laws i 64.19 Comm.
smachtgilli
ecinntech,
276.8 Comm.
(tar ceart no dligedh .i.) im
fiachuib cinntacha .i. im ecinntach ascertained debts...not
ascertained
ii 70.9 Comm.
saor ┐ daor .i. cinntech ar
ecinntech sin ar na uile daine i Senchas Mar certain for
uncertain (i.e. definite, fixed categories)
i 42.3 Comm.
The phr. cinntech ar éccintech is frequently applied to the
use of a definite number to express an unascertained one
like Engl.
in round numbers :
cet cell cosa taet tonn mara
┐ cintech ar ecintech ann,
ACC 93
(
RC xx 270
).
cóic cét
óenach immosech | cid cintech ar écintech,
Metr. Dinds. iv
158
. Hence, with no number expressed, to denote a vast
indefinite number : co ro marbhadh cinntech ar eccintech
díobh `an unascertained number'
AFM vi 2028 z
. cinntech
ar eccinntech da gach cenel eiscc [sic leg.]
Leb. Gab.(i) i 266
.
(b) infinite, unbounded, innumerable :
is cindtech ┐ is
eicindtech...airem muintiri nime .i. cindtech em i lleth fria
Dia ┐ ecindtech i leth fria dainib,
YBL 169b28
=
PH 6217
.
airem ar immatt eccintech reckoning an infinite number
CCath. 4401
.
robo aiream for eccinteach,
Expugn. Hib.
37
.