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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cnap,[1] borrowed from Old Norse knappr and/or Old English cnæp.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
cnaipe m (genitive singular cnaipe, nominative plural cnaipí)
- button
- bead
- stud
- (computing) button or key on a keyboard
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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cnaipe
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chnaipe
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gcnaipe
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnap”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Greene, David (1973) “The influence of Scandinavian on Irish”, in Bo Almqvist & David Greene, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75–82
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnaipe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cnaipe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 155
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnaipe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cnaipe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024