céas

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See also: ceas and Ceas

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish césaid, from Proto-Celtic *kʷenssāti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷendʰ- (to suffer).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

céas (present analytic céasann, future analytic céasfaidh, verbal noun céasadh, past participle céasta)

  1. to crucify
  2. to torment (cause severe suffering)

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
céas chéas gcéas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]