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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnesta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “cneasta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cneasta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- 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 | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cneasta | chneasta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |