Coinneach
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See also: còinneach
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a word meaning “handsome”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Coinneach m (genitive Choinnich, vocative a Choinnich, diminutive Coinneachan or Ceanaidh)
- a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Kenneth
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| Coinneach | Choinneach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh