cneasda

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See also: cneasta

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cnesta (“healed; fitting, proper, seemly”), from cnes (“skin (of body); surface; body, flesh; bosom, breast”) + -ta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰʲrʲes̪t̪ə/

Adjective

cneasda

  1. merciful
    Synonym: tròcaireach
    Antonym: mì-thròcaireach

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of cneasda
radical lenition
cneasda chneasda

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

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