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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
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
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Scouller, Alastair (2017) The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 112
Etymology 2
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Adjective
cnò
- famous
- excellent
- gruff
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “cnò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mutation
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