gnóis

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Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Noun

gnóis f (genitive singular gnóise)

  1. (Gnosticism, occult, etc.) gnosis

Declension

Declension of gnóis (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative gnóis
vocative a ghnóis
genitive gnóise
dative gnóis
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ghnóis
genitive na gnóise
dative leis an ngnóis
don ghnóis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gnóis
radical lenition eclipsis
gnóis ghnóis ngnóis

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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