cneasta

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
Positive singular plural
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

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrʲes̪t̪ə/

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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