cneasta
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See also: cneasda
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cnesta (“healed; fitting, proper, seemly”). By surface analysis, cneas + -ta.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cneasta
Declension[edit]
Declension of cneasta
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cneasta | chneasta | cneasta; chneasta² | |
Vocative | chneasta | cneasta | ||
Genitive | cneasta | cneasta | cneasta | |
Dative | cneasta; chneasta¹ |
chneasta | cneasta; chneasta² | |
Comparative | níos cneasta | |||
Superlative | is cneasta |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cneasta | chneasta | gcneasta |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cneasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnesta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cneasta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cneasta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 33
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cneasta
- Alternative form of cneasda
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cneasta | chneasta |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |