Conchenn

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐᚉᚓᚅᚐ (cunacena, nom. sg.) of uncertain gender, masculine form also attested in ᚉᚒᚅᚐᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cunacenni, gen. sg.). The first element can be definitely identified as ancestral to cú (“dog”), from Proto-Celtic *kū, combining form *kuno-.

However, it is difficult to trace the origin of the second element of the name, owing to two possibilities existing:

  • If related to the Gaulish name recorded as Latin Cunopennus as Matasović and many others before him do, the second element would be *kʷennom (“head”), making the whole name mean "dog-head".
  • If one follows McManus in relating this name to Old Welsh Concenn (name of the last king of Powys), also rendered as Middle Welsh Cyngen, the second element can be nothing else but *kennos (“skin”). This would make the name mean overall "dog-skin".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Conchenn f or m

  1. a unisex given name

Inflection

When used for women:

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative ConchennL ConchinnL ConchennaH
vocative ConchennL ConchinnL ConchennaH
accusative ConchinnN ConchinnL ConchennaH
genitive ConchinneH ConchennL ConchennN
dative ConchinnL Conchennaib Conchennaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

When used for men:

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative Conchenn ConchennL ConchinnL
vocative Conchinn ConchennL ConchinnuH
accusative ConchennN ConchennL ConchinnuH
genitive ConchinnL Conchenn ConchennN
dative ConchiunnL Conchennaib Conchennaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of Conchenn
radical lenition nasalization
Conchenn Chonchenn Conchenn
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷenno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 177
  2. ^ McManus, Damian (1991) A Guide to Ogam (Maynooth Monographs), volume 4, Maynooth: An Sagart, →ISBN, section 6.3, page 102
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