censae

English

Noun

censae

1. (rare, proscribed) plural of census

Anagrams

• Neaces, Seneca, acenes, encase, scenae, scæne, seance, séance

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkẽː.sae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛn.se]

Adjective

cēnsae

1. inflection of cēnsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine plural
   2. genitive/dative feminine singular

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cense

Etymology

From cennais +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲen̪.se/

Noun

censae f (genitive censae, no plural)

1. gentleness
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 111^c13

     Is hé ru·fiastar cumachtae inna díglae do·mbi{u}r-siu húa londas, intí du·écigi{gi} is ar trócairi ⁊ censi du·bir-siu forunni siu innahí fo·daimem ré techt innúnn.

     He who will know the power of the punishment which you sg inflict by means of wrath, it is he who will see that it is for the sake of mercy and gentleness that you inflict on us here the things that we suffer before going there.

Declension

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	censaeL	—	—
vocative	censaeL	—	—
accusative	censaiN	—	—
genitive	censae	—	—
dative	censaiL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	censeL	—	—
vocative	censeL	—	—
accusative	censiN	—	—
genitive	cense	—	—
dative	censiL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: ceansa

Mutation

Mutation of censae

radical	lenition	nasalization
censae	chensae	censae pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cennsae or dil.ie/8672”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language