cneasta

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See also: cneasda

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cnesta (“healed; fitting, proper, seemly”). By surface analysis, cneas +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cneasta

  1. honest, sincere
  2. decent
  3. mild-mannered
  4. (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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cneasta
radical lenition eclipsis
cneasta chneasta gcneasta

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Adjective

cneasta

  1. Alternative form of cneasda

Mutation

Mutation of cneasta
radical lenition
cneasta chneasta

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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