corann

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish corann, from Latin corōna (crown). Doublet of coróin.

Noun

corann f (genitive singular coirne, nominative plural coirneacha)

  1. tonsure
  2. crown
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

corann

  1. Alternative genitive singular form of cora (weir)

Mutation

Mutated forms of corann
radical lenition eclipsis
corann chorann gcorann

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

References

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corona (crown).

Pronunciation

Noun

corann f (genitive corne, nominative plural coirnea)

  1. tonsure, crown of the head
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 11c10
      cen chorin(glosses uelato capite)
  2. crown
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 24a6
      innacorne(glosses in modum coronæ)
    • c. 810, Biblical Glosses in the Book Armagh, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 494–98, Ardm. 180a2
      coirnea(glosses Latin corōnās)

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative corannL corainnL coirneaH
Vocative corannL corainnL coirneaH
Accusative corainnN corainnL coirneaH
Genitive corneH corannL corannN
Dative corainnL coirnib coirnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: corann (tonsure)

Mutation

Mutation of corann
radical lenition nasalization
corann chorann corann
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References