cnú

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See also: cnu

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *knūs, cognate with Proto-Germanic *hnuts, Latin nux.

Pronunciation

Noun

cnú f (genitive cnó, nominative plural cnói)

  1. nut

Inflection

This noun is traditionally labelled as a one-of-a-kind "feminine u-stem" despite neither inflecting like a u-stem nor originating from one. Instead it inflects as a consonant stem noun resembling the declension of bó (“cow”) with several forms terminating in -i whose locations parallel those of palatalized auslaut consonants of the velar-stem declensions.

Feminine irregular
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cnú cnoíL cnoí
Vocative cnú cnoíL cnóa
Accusative cnoíN cnoíL cnóa
Genitive cnó cnó cnóN
Dative cnoíL cnóib cnóib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: cnó
  • Manx: cro
  • Scottish Gaelic: cnò

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cnú chnú cnú
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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