cnocán

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cnocán.[1] By surface analysis, cnoc +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

cnocán m (genitive singular cnocáin, nominative plural cnocáin)

  1. hillock
  2. heap

Declension

Declension of cnocán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cnocán cnocáin
vocative a chnocáin a chnocána
genitive cnocáin cnocán
dative cnocán cnocáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cnocán na cnocáin
genitive an chnocáin na gcnocán
dative leis an gcnocán
don chnocán
leis na cnocáin

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnocán
radical lenition eclipsis
cnocán chnocán gcnocán

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), “cnoccán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From cnocc +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

cnocán m

  1. little lump, mound, hill

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of cnocán
radical lenition nasalization
cnoccán chnoccán cnoccán
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading