ceas

ceas

1. second-person singular present indicative of cear

• IPA^(key): /casˠ/

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ceas m (genitive singular ceasa)

1. surfeit
2. excess
3. oppression, sorrow
4. (literary) lethargy, inertia; debility

ceas f (genitive singular cise, nominative plural ciseanna)

1. alternative form of cis (“wicker container; basket, crate; plaited or crossed twigs as support for causeway”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Proto-Germanic *kausō (“dispute, litigation”), from Latin causa (“reason, cause, case, dispute, reproach”). Cognate with Old Frisian kāse (“lawsuit, case”), Old High German kōsa (“lawsuit, case”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæ͜ɑːs/

ċēas f

1. dispute; quarrel
2. contention; strife
3. chiding; rebuke; reproof

Strong ō-stem:

• beċēasan
• orċēas
• unċēas

• ċēast

• Middle English: ches

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic часъ (časŭ), from Proto-Slavic *časъ (“time”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe̯as/

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ceas n (plural ceasuri)

1. hour

   Synonym: oră

2. clock, watch

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