cneatán

Irish

Etymology

Probably connected to cnead (“pant, gasp”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɾʲat̪ˠanˠ/, /ˈcɾʲat̪ˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

cneatán m (genitive singular cneatáin)

1. (Ulster) asthma

Declension

Declension of cneatán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cneatán vocative a chneatáin genitive cneatáin dative cneatán forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cneatán genitive an chneatáin dative leis an gcneatán don chneatán

Synonyms

• asma
• múchadh
• plúchadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cneatán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cneatán	chneatán	gcneatán

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. (1927) “cneatán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society