cnámh

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See also: cnàmh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cnáim,[1] from Proto-Celtic *knāmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cnámh f (genitive singular cnáimhe, nominative plural cnámha) or
cnámh m (genitive singular cnámha, nominative plural cnámha)

  1. (anatomy) bone
  2. (in the plural) bones (musical instrument)

Declension

As a second-declension feminine noun
Declension of cnámh (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cnámh cnámha
vocative a chnámh a chnámha
genitive cnáimhe cnámh
dative cnámh
cnáimh (archaic, dialectal) 		cnámha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chnámh na cnámha
genitive na cnáimhe na gcnámh
dative leis an gcnámh
leis an gcnáimh (archaic, dialectal)
don chnámh
don chnáimh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na cnámha
As a third-declension masculine noun
Declension of cnámh (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cnámh cnámha
vocative a chnámh a chnámha
genitive cnámha cnámha
dative cnámh cnámha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cnámh na cnámha
genitive an chnámha na gcnámha
dative leis an gcnámh
don chnámh 		leis na cnámha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnámh
radical lenition eclipsis
cnámh chnámh gcnámh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnáim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 36, page 20
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 155
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 148, page 58

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