cneasta
See also: cneasda
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cnesta (“healed; fitting, proper, seemly”). By surface analysis, cneas + -ta.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈcnʲasˠt̪ˠə/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲasˠt̪ˠə/
Adjective
cneasta
- honest, sincere
- decent
- mild-mannered
- (weather) mild, calm
Declension
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
- cneastacht
- míchneasta
Mutation
| 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
- 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkrʲes̪t̪ə/
Adjective
cneasta
- Alternative form of cneasda
Mutation
| 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. | |