cnámhfhód

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cnámh (“bone”) +‎ fód (“sod”)

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠãːvʲɔːd̪ˠ/[1] (as if spelled cnáimhfhód)

Noun

cnámhfhód m (genitive singular cnámhfhóid, nominative plural cnámhfhóid)

  1. unploughed strip between cultivated ridges

Declension

Declension of cnámhfhód (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cnámhfhód cnámhfhóid
vocative a chnámhfhóid a chnámhfhóda
genitive cnámhfhóid cnámhfhód
dative cnámhfhód cnámhfhóid
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cnámhfhód na cnámhfhóid
genitive an chnámhfhóid na gcnámhfhód
dative leis an gcnámhfhód
don chnámhfhód 		leis na cnámhfhóid

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnámhfhód
radical lenition eclipsis
cnámhfhód chnámhfhód gcnámhfhód

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 315, page 110

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