cnó

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See also: cno, CNO, and cnò

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cnú[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic cnò, Manx cro), from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau and Breton kraoñ (“nuts”)) (compare English nut and Latin nux).

Pronunciation

Noun

cnó m or f (genitive singular cnó, nominative plural cnónna)

  1. nut (hard-shelled fruit; metal fastener)

Declension

As masculine noun
Declension of cnó (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cnó cnónna
vocative a chnó a chnónna
genitive cnó cnónna
dative cnó cnónna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cnó na cnónna
genitive an chnó na gcnónna
dative leis an gcnó
don chnó 		leis na cnónna
As feminine noun
Declension of cnó (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cnó cnónna
vocative a chnó a chnónna
genitive cnó cnónna
dative cnó cnónna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chnó na cnónna
genitive na cnó na gcnónna
dative leis an gcnó
don chnó 		leis na cnónna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnó
radical lenition eclipsis
cnó chnó gcnó

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), “cnú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 402, page 86
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 38, page 17

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