cneas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cnes.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /cnʲasˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɾʲasˠ/

Noun

cneas m or f (genitive singular cnis or cneise or cnise, nominative plural cneasa)

1. skin, bark, rind

   Synonym: craiceann

2. body, waist

Declension

Declension of cneas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cneas cneasa vocative a chnis a chneasa genitive cnis cneas dative cneas cneasa forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cneas na cneasa genitive an chnis na gcneas dative leis an gcneas don chneas leis na cneasa

Feminine declension

Declension of cneas (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cneas cneasa vocative a chneas a chneasa genitive cnise cneasa dative cneas cneasa forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chneas na cneasa genitive na cnise na gcneasa dative leis an gcneas don chneas leis na cneasa

Derived terms

• aolchneas (“fair skin”)
• cara cnis (“bosom friend”)
• cneasach (“covered with skin; cutaneous”)
• cneasaigh (“cicatrize, heal”, verb)
• cneaschol m (“colour bar”)
• cneasluiteach (“skintight”)
• éadach cnis (“underwear”)
• fíorchneas (“true skin”)
• le cneas (“next to”)
• léine chnis (“undershirt”)
• míol cnis (“louse”)
• sail chnis (“dandruff”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cneas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cneas	chneas	gcneas

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cneas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 156
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cneas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cneas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 19

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cnes (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾʲẽs̪/

Noun

cneas m (genitive singular cneasa or cneis or cnis, plural cneasan)

1. skin
2. waist
3. (anatomy) cuticle

Mutation

Mutation of cneas

radical	lenition
cneas	chneas

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

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cneas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language