cennais

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʲen͈ɨsʲ]

Adjective

cennais

  1. gentle

Declension

i-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative cennais cennais cennais
vocative cennais
accusative cennais cennais
genitive cennais cense cennais
dative cennais cennais cennais
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative censi censi
vocative censi
accusative censi
genitive cennais*
cense
dative censib

*not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: cennaid (influenced by allaid)
    • Irish: cannaidh
  • Middle Irish: cennsaigid

Mutation

Mutation of cennais
radical lenition nasalization
cennais chennais cennais
pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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