cnò

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See also: cnó, CNO, and cno

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

(Colonsay) IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cnú, from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

Noun

cnò f (genitive singular cnò or cnotha or cnòtha, plural cnòthan)

nut (seed; fastener)
filbert
shell of a species of cockle

Derived terms

cnò challtainn (“hazelnut”)
cnò Fhrangach (“walnut”)
cnò-almoin (“almond”)
cnò-bhachaill
cnò-bhachair (“acorn; molucca bean”)
cnò-bhainne (“milk-nut”)
cnò-bhreac (“snail's shell”)
cnò-chanaich (“quince”)
cnò-chaoch (“empty nut”)
cnò-chòmhlach (“hazel double nut”)
cnò-dharaich (“oak apple; acorn”)
cnò-gheanmnaidh (“chestnut”)
cnò-Ghreugach
cnò-leana (“marsh-cinquefoil”)
cnò-mheannt (“nutmeg”)
cnò-Shamhna (“Hallowe'en nut”)
cnò-shearbh (“filbert”)
cnò-spuinge (“molucca-nut”)
cnò-thalmhainn (“earth-nut”)
coille-chnò (“hazel-wood”)
gall-chnò (“walnut”)

References

^ Scouller, Alastair: 2017, The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay, 112. PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

cnò

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “cnò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cnò	chnò
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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