céas

See also: ceas and Ceas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish césaid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kʷenssāti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷendʰ- (to suffer).

Pronunciation

Verb

céas (present analytic céasann, future analytic céasfaidh, verbal noun céasadh, past participle céasta)

  1. (transitive) to crucify
  2. (transitive) to torment (cause severe suffering)
  3. (intransitive) to suffer agony

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • céasadóir m (tormentor)

Mutation

Mutated forms of céas
radical lenition eclipsis
céas chéas gcéas

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

References

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

Further reading

  • céas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “céasaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 130
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “céas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN