cnò

See also: cnó, CNO, and cno

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cnú, from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

Noun

cnò f (genitive singular cnò or cnotha or cnòtha, plural cnòthan)

  1. nut (seed; fastener)
  2. filbert
  3. shell of a species of cockle
Derived terms
  • cnò challtainn (“hazelnut”)
  • cnò Fhrangach (“walnut”)
  • cnò-almoin (“almond”)
  • cnò-bhachaill
  • cnò-bhachair (“acorn; molucca bean”)
  • cnò-bhainne (“milk-nut”)
  • cnò-bhreac (“snail's shell”)
  • cnò-chanaich (“quince”)
  • cnò-chaoch (“empty nut”)
  • cnò-chòmhlach (“hazel double nut”)
  • cnò-dharaich (“oak apple; acorn”)
  • cnò-gheanmnaidh (“chestnut”)
  • cnò-Ghreugach
  • cnò-leana (“marsh-cinquefoil”)
  • cnò-mheannt (“nutmeg”)
  • cnò-Shamhna (“Hallowe'en nut”)
  • cnò-shearbh (“filbert”)
  • cnò-spuinge (“molucca-nut”)
  • cnò-thalmhainn (“earth-nut”)
  • coille-chnò (“hazel-wood”)
  • gall-chnò (“walnut”)

References
  1. Scouller, Alastair: 2017, The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay, 112. PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh.

Etymology 2

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Adjective

cnò

  1. famous
  2. excellent
  3. gruff

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “cnò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cnòchnò
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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