ceansaigh

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cennsaigid (to tame), from cennais (mild, gentle).[1] By surface analysis, ceansa (gentle) +‎ -igh.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ceansaigh (present analytic ceansaíonn, future analytic ceansóidh, verbal noun ceansú, past participle ceansaithe) (transitive)

  1. appease, pacify
  2. tame, control

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • ceansacht f (gentleness, meekness; tameness)

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceansaigh cheansaigh gceansaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cennsaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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