cnap

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cnap,[1] borrowed from Old Norse knappr and/or Old English cnæp.[2] Doublet of cnaipe.

Pronunciation

Noun

cnap m (genitive singular cnaip, nominative plural cnapanna)

  1. knob, lump

Declension

Declension of cnap (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cnap cnapanna
vocative a chnaip a chnapanna
genitive cnaip cnapanna
dative cnap cnapanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cnap na cnapanna
genitive an chnaip na gcnapanna
dative leis an gcnap
don chnap 		leis na cnapanna

Derived terms

  • cnapach (“knobby, lumpy”)
  • cnapaire (“stout and strong thing or person”)
  • cnapán (“knob, large or stout thing”)
  • cnapóg (“little lump, nap of cloth”)
  • cnapsaca (“knapsack”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnap
radical lenition eclipsis
cnap chnap gcnap

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), “cnap”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 361, page 123

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

cnap

  1. Alternative form of knappe (“knob”)
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