ceansa

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceannsa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish censae, abstract noun of cennais (“meek, gentle”) (whence modern ceannais). The adjective (attested already as Middle Irish cendsa) probably originated as an attributive use of the genitive singular of the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈcaun̪ˠsˠə/

Noun

ceansa f (genitive singular ceansa)

1. meekness, gentleness, tameness, mildness, docility

Declension

Declension of ceansa (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ceansa vocative a cheansa genitive ceansa dative ceansa forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cheansa genitive na ceansa dative leis an gceansa don cheansa

Adjective

ceansa

1. meek, gentle, tame, mild, docile

Declension

Declension of ceansa

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ceansa	cheansa	ceansa; cheansa2
vocative	cheansa		ceansa
genitive		ceansa	ceansa	ceansa
dative	ceansa; cheansa1	cheansa	ceansa; cheansa2
Comparative	níos ceansa
Superlative	is ceansa

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

• ceansacht
• ceansaigh
• ceansaitheoir
• ceansú

 

Related terms

• ceannaidh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceansa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceansa	cheansa	gceansa

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceannsa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 126
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceansa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN