cneasta

See also: cneasda

Irish

Etymology

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

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cneasta chneasta gcneasta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkrʲes̪t̪ə/

Adjective

cneasta

  1. Alternative form of cneasda
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