ceansa

Irish

Alternative forms
  • ceannsa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish censae, abstract noun of cennais (“meek, gentle”) (whence modern ceannais). The adjective (attested already as Middle Irish cendsa) probably originated as an attributive use of the genitive singular of the noun.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈcaun̪ˠsˠə/

Noun

ceansa f (genitive singular ceansa)

  1. meekness, gentleness, tameness, mildness, docility

Declension
Declension of ceansa

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ceansa
Vocative a cheansa
Genitive ceansa
Dative ceansa

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an cheansa
Genitive na ceansa
Dative leis an gceansa

don cheansa

Adjective

ceansa

  1. meek, gentle, tame, mild, docile

Declension
Declension of ceansa
Singular Plural (m/f)
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

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceansa cheansa gceansa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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