ceanníseal

Irish

Etymology

From ceann- (“-headed”) +‎ íseal (“low”).

Adjective

ceanníseal (genitive singular masculine ceannísil, genitive singular feminine ceannísle, plural ceannísle)

1. bowed, dejected

Declension

Declension of ceanníseal

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	ceanníseal	cheanníseal	ceannísle; cheannísle2
vocative	cheannísil		ceannísle
genitive		ceannísle	ceannísle	ceanníseal
dative	ceanníseal; cheanníseal1	cheanníseal; cheannísil (archaic)	ceannísle; cheannísle2
Comparative	níos ceannísle
Superlative	is ceannísle

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• (dejected): atuirseach

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceanníseal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceanníseal	cheanníseal	gceanníseal

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceanníseal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN