cneastacht

Irish

Etymology

From cneasta +‎ -acht.

Noun

cneastacht f (genitive singular cneastachta)

1. honesty, sincerity
2. seemliness
3. mildness of manner

Declension

Declension of cneastacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative cneastacht Vocative a chneastacht Genitive cneastachta Dative cneastacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chneastacht Genitive na cneastachta Dative leis an gcneastacht don chneastacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cneastacht	chneastacht	gcneastacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cneastacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “cneastacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cneastacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.