cneas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cnes.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

cneas m or f (genitive singular cnis or cneise or cnise, nominative plural cneasa)

  1. skin, bark, rind
    Synonym: craiceann
  2. body, waist

Declension

Declension of cneas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cneas cneasa
vocative a chnis a chneasa
genitive cnis cneas
dative cneas cneasa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cneas na cneasa
genitive an chnis na gcneas
dative leis an gcneas
don chneas 		leis na cneasa
Feminine declension
Declension of cneas (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cneas cneasa
vocative a chneas a chneasa
genitive cnise cneasa
dative cneas cneasa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chneas na cneasa
genitive na cnise na gcneasa
dative leis an gcneas
don chneas 		leis na cneasa

Derived terms

  • aolchneas (“fair skin”)
  • cara cnis (“bosom friend”)
  • cneasach (“covered with skin; cutaneous”)
  • cneasaigh (“cicatrize, heal”, verb)
  • cneaschol m (“colour bar”)
  • cneasluiteach (“skintight”)
  • éadach cnis (“underwear”)
  • fíorchneas (“true skin”)
  • le cneas (“next to”)
  • léine chnis (“undershirt”)
  • míol cnis (“louse”)
  • sail chnis (“dandruff”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cneas
radical lenition eclipsis
cneas chneas gcneas

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 33, page 19

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cnes (“skin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɾʲẽs̪/

Noun

cneas m (genitive singular cneasa or cneis or cnis, plural cneasan)

  1. skin
  2. waist
  3. (anatomy) cuticle

Mutation

Mutation of cneas
radical lenition
cneas chneas

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

References

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