cneasta

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See also: cneasda

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cnesta (healed; fitting, proper, seemly). By surface analysis, cneas +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cneasta

  1. honest, sincere
  2. decent
  3. mild-mannered
  4. (weather) mild, calm

Declension

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Declension of cneasta
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cneasta chneasta cneasta;
chneasta2
vocative chneasta cneasta
genitive cneasta cneasta cneasta
dative cneasta;
chneasta1
chneasta cneasta;
chneasta2
Comparative níos cneasta
Superlative is cneasta

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

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cneasta
radical lenition eclipsis
cneasta chneasta gcneasta

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

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cneasta

  1. Alternative form of cneasda

Mutation

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Mutation of cneasta
radical lenition
cneasta chneasta

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