"ceansa" meaning in Irish

See ceansa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈcaun̪ˠsˠə/ [Munster] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ceansa [error-unrecognized-form], cheansa [lenition], gceansa [eclipsis], ceannsa [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From Old Irish censae, abstract noun of cennais (“meek, gentle”) (whence modern ceannais). The adjective (attested already as Middle Irish cendsa) probably originated as an attributive use of the genitive singular of the noun. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|censae}} Old Irish censae, {{inh|ga|mga|cendsa}} Middle Irish cendsa Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective||{{{gsm}}}||{{{gsf}}}||{{{gsf2}}}||{{{pl}}}||{{{pl2}}}|||||altform=|head=}} ceansa, {{ga-adj}} ceansa Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. meek, gentle, tame, mild, docile Derived forms: ceansacht, ceansaigh, ceansaitheoir, ceansú Related terms: ceannaidh
    Sense id: en-ceansa-ga-adj-1~WUH0Xb

Noun

IPA: /ˈcaun̪ˠsˠə/ [Munster]
Etymology: From Old Irish censae, abstract noun of cennais (“meek, gentle”) (whence modern ceannais). The adjective (attested already as Middle Irish cendsa) probably originated as an attributive use of the genitive singular of the noun. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|censae}} Old Irish censae, {{inh|ga|mga|cendsa}} Middle Irish cendsa Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|ceansa||||||||-|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} ceansa f (genitive singular ceansa), {{ga-noun|f|~|-}} ceansa f (genitive singular ceansa) Forms: ceansa [genitive, singular], declension-4 no-plural [table-tags], no-table-tags [table-tags], ceansa [indefinite, nominative, singular], a cheansa [indefinite, singular, vocative], ceansa [genitive, indefinite, singular], ceansa [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cheansa [definite, nominative, singular], na ceansa [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gceansa [dative, definite, singular], don cheansa [dative, definite, singular], ceannsa [alternative, obsolete]
  1. meekness, gentleness, tameness, mildness, docility Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-ceansa-ga-noun-WlZ0isBW Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
     
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Download raw JSONL data for ceansa meaning in Irish (5.1kB)

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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ceansa",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 17"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "ceansa"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ceansa",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 17"
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
  "path": [
    "ceansa"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ceansa",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'weak noun'",
  "path": [
    "ceansa"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ceansa",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "ceansa"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ceansa",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: ceansa/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
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  "title": "ceansa",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (d9fa233 and 9e92f4b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.