cneasda
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See also: cneasta
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cnesta (“healed; fitting, proper, seemly”), from cnes (“skin (of body); surface; body, flesh; bosom, breast”) + -ta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cneasda
- merciful
- Synonym: tròcaireach
- Antonym: mì-thròcaireach
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cneasda | chneasda |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnesta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language