coirnéad

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cornet, diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).

Noun

coirnéad m (genitive singular coirnéid, nominative plural coirnéid)

  1. (music) cornet

Declension

Declension of coirnéad (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative coirnéad coirnéid
vocative a choirnéid a choirnéada
genitive coirnéid coirnéad
dative coirnéad coirnéid
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an coirnéad na coirnéid
genitive an choirnéid na gcoirnéad
dative leis an gcoirnéad
don choirnéad 		leis na coirnéid

Mutation

Mutated forms of coirnéad
radical lenition eclipsis
coirnéad choirnéad gcoirnéad

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

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