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

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	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