cneasda

See also: cneasta

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

cneasta

Etymology

From Old Irish cnesta (“healed; fitting, proper, seemly”), from cnes (“skin (of body); surface; body, flesh; bosom, breast”) + -ta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʲrʲes̪t̪ə/

Adjective

cneasda

merciful
Synonym: tròcaireach

Antonym: mì-thròcaireach

Derived terms

mì-chneasda

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cneasda	chneasda
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnesta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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