ceansaigh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cennsaigid (to tame), from cennais (mild, gentle).[1] By surface analysis, ceansa (gentle) +‎ -igh.

Pronunciation

Verb

ceansaigh (present analytic ceansaíonn, future analytic ceansóidh, verbal noun ceansú, past participle ceansaithe) (transitive)

  1. appease, pacify
  2. tame, control

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ceansacht f (gentleness, meekness; tameness)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceansaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
ceansaigh cheansaigh gceansaigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cennsaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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