cón

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "con"

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cone.

Noun

cón m (genitive singular cóin, nominative plural cóin)

(geometry) cone

Declension

Declension of cón

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cón	cóin
Vocative	a chóin	a chóna
Genitive	cóin	cón
Dative	cón	cóin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cón	na cóin
Genitive	an chóin	na gcón
Dative	leis an gcón don chón	leis na cóin

Derived terms

cón solais (“light cone”)
cón tráchta (“traffic cone”)
cón túise (“incense cone”)
cón uachtar reoite (“ice cream cone”)
cónach (“conic”, adjective)
cónacháin m pl (“conics”)
cónacht (“conicity”)
cónchill
cónúil (“conical”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cón	chón	gcón
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“cón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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