Cormac
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish, from Old Irish Cormac.
Proper noun
Cormac
- A male given name from Irish.
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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish Cormac, older Corbmac (see the Old Irish entry).
Proper noun
Cormac m (genitive Chormaic)
- a male given name from Old Irish
Declension
Declension of Cormac
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Cormac | Chormac | gCormac |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older Corbmac, from corb (possibly meaning “raven” or “wheel” or “chariot”) + macc (“son”). For the first element see carbad.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cormac m
- a male given name
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | Cormac | — | — |
| Vocative | Cormaic | — | — |
| Accusative | CormacN | — | — |
| Genitive | CormaicL | — | — |
| Dative | CormacL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- → Old Norse: Kormákr
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Cormac | Chormac | Cormac pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||