Coirnis
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Irish
Etymology
From Corn (na Breataine) (“Cornwall”) + -is.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Coirnis f (genitive Coirnise)
- the Cornish language
Declension
Declension of Coirnis
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Coirnis | Choirnis | gCoirnis |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
Coirnis on the Irish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ga- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Coirnis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Cornish”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Coirnis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
