cneasda
See also: cneasta
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish cnesta (“healed; fitting, proper, seemly”), from cnes (“skin (of body); surface; body, flesh; bosom, breast”) + -ta.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcneasda
- merciful
- Synonym: tròcaireach
- Antonym: mì-thròcaireach
Derived terms
editMutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cneasda | chneasda |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnesta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language