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cneas

Irish

Noun

cneas m ‎(genitive singular cnis, nominative plural cneasa)

skin, bark, rind
body, waist

Declension

Declension of cneas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cneas	cneasa
Vocative	a chnis	a chneasa
Genitive	cnis	cneas
Dative	cneas	cneasa

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cneas	na cneasa
Genitive	an chnis	na gcneas
Dative	leis an gcneas don chneas	leis na cneasa

Synonyms

craiceann

Derived terms

Terms derived from cneas

cara cnis ‎(“bosom friend”)
éadach cnis ‎(“underwear”)

fíorchneas ‎(“true skin”)
le cneas ‎(“next to”)

léine chnis ‎(“undershirt”)
míol cnis ‎(“louse”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cneas	chneas	gcneas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“cneas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"cneas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cnes ‎(“skin”).

Noun

cneas m ‎(genitive singular cneasa or cneis or cnis, plural cneasan)

References

Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911

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Definition 2024

cneas

cneas

Irish

Noun

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Scottish Gaelic

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