ceansa
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish censae, abstract noun of cennais (“meek, gentle”) (whence modern ceannais).[2] The adjective (attested already as Middle Irish cendsa[3]) probably originated as an attributive use of the genitive singular of the noun.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editceansa f (genitive singular ceansa)
Declension
editDeclension of ceansa
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Adjective
editceansa
Declension
editDeclension of ceansa
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceansa | cheansa | gceansa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ “ceansa”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cennsae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cennsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 27, page 16
Further reading
edit- 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