cneatán

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Irish

Etymology

Probably connected to cnead (“pant, gasp”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cneatán m (genitive singular cneatáin)

  1. (Ulster) asthma

Declension

Declension of cneatán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cneatán
vocative a chneatáin
genitive cneatáin
dative cneatán
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an cneatán
genitive an chneatáin
dative leis an gcneatán
don chneatán

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cneatán
radical lenition eclipsis
cneatán chneatán gcneatán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 100

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