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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cnes.
Pronunciation
Noun
cneas m or f (genitive singular cnis or cneise or cnise, nominative plural cneasa)
- skin, bark, rind
- Synonym: craiceann
- body, waist
Declension
- Feminine declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cneas
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chneas
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gcneas
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- 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
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cnes (“skin”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cneas m (genitive singular cneasa or cneis or cnis, plural cneasan)
- skin
- waist
- (anatomy) cuticle
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| cneas |
chneas
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- 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