gnó

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See also: gno

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gnó, from the root of Proto-Celtic *gniyeti (compare gníid), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

Noun

gnó m (genitive singular gnó or gnótha, nominative plural gnóthaí or gnótha)

  1. business; matter, concern

Declension

Declension of gnó

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gnó gnóthaí
Vocative a ghnó a ghnóthaí
Genitive gnó gnóthaí
Dative gnó gnóthaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gnó na gnóthaí
Genitive an ghnó na ngnóthaí
Dative leis an ngnó

don ghnó

leis na gnóthaí
  • Alternative genitive singular and strong plural form: gnótha

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gnó ghnó ngnó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 gnó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 66

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