cneas

From Old Irish cnes.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /cnʲasˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɾʲasˠ/

cneas m or f (genitive singular cnis or cneise or cnise, nominative plural cneasa)

1. skin, bark, rind

   Synonym: craiceann

2. body, waist

Feminine declension

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cneas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 156
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cneas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cneas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 19

From Old Irish cnes (“skin”).

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾʲẽs̪/

cneas m (genitive singular cneasa or cneis or cnis, plural cneasan)

1. skin
2. waist
3. (anatomy) cuticle

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cneas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language