coirneach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From corann +‎ -ach.

Adjective

coirneach (genitive singular masculine coirnigh, genitive singular feminine coirní, plural coirneacha, not comparable)

  1. tonsured

Declension

Noun

coirneach m (genitive singular coirnigh, nominative plural coirnigh)

  1. tonsured person, monk, friar
  2. osprey

Declension

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coirneach choirneach gcoirneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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