cnó
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cnú (compare Scottish Gaelic cnò, Manx cro), from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)) (compare English nut and Latin nux).
Pronunciation
Noun
cnó m or f (genitive singular cnó, nominative plural cnónna)
- nut (hard-shelled fruit; metal fastener)
Declension
- As masculine noun
Declension of cnó
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- As feminine noun
Declension of cnó
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- blaosc cnó
- cnó airéice
- cnó arcáin
- cnó beitil
- cnó Brasaíleach
- cnó caisealta
- cnó caoch
- cnó capaill
- cnó cluasach
- cnó cnuasaigh
- cnó cócó
- cnó coill
- cnó eiteach
- cnó francach
- cnó gaelach
- cnó gallda
- cnó mogaill
- cnó mullaigh
- cnó sinséir
- cnó talún
- gallchnó
- geanmchnó
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cnó | chnó | gcnó |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cnó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “cnó” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cnó” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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