ceas

See also: Ceas and céas

Galician

Verb

ceas

1. second-person singular present indicative of cear

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /casˠ/

Etymology 1

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Noun

ceas m (genitive singular ceasa)

1. surfeit
2. excess
3. oppression, sorrow
4. (literary) lethargy, inertia; debility

Declension

Declension of ceas (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ceas vocative a cheas genitive ceasa dative ceas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ceas genitive an cheasa dative leis an gceas don cheas

Etymology 2

Noun

ceas f (genitive singular cise, nominative plural ciseanna)

1. Alternative form of cis (“wicker container; basket, crate; plaited or crossed twigs as support for causeway”)

Declension

Declension of ceas (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceas ciseanna vocative a cheas a chiseanna genitive cise ciseanna dative ceas ciseanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cheas na ciseanna genitive na cise na gciseanna dative leis an gceas don cheas leis na ciseanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceas	cheas	gceas

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) “ceas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kausō (“dispute, litigation”), from Latin causa (“reason, cause, case, dispute, reproach”). Cognate with Old Frisian kāse (“lawsuit, case”), Old High German kōsa (“lawsuit, case”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæ͜ɑːs/

Noun

ċēas f

1. dispute; quarrel
2. contention; strife
3. chiding; rebuke; reproof

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċēas	ċēasa, ċēase
accusative	ċēase	ċēasa, ċēase
genitive	ċēase	ċēasa
dative	ċēase	ċēasum

Derived terms

• beċēasan
• orċēas
• unċēas

Related terms

• ċēast

Descendants

• Middle English: ches

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic часъ (časŭ), from Proto-Slavic *časъ (“time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe̯as/

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Noun

ceas n (plural ceasuri)

1. hour

   Synonym: oră

2. clock, watch

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ceas	ceasul		ceasuri	ceasurile
genitive-dative	ceas	ceasului		ceasuri	ceasurilor
vocative	ceasule			ceasurilor

Derived terms

• ceasuri împărătești

See also

• orologiu