Conchenn

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐᚉᚓᚅᚐ (cunacena, nom. sg.) of uncertain gender, masculine form also attested in ᚉᚒᚅᚐᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cunacenni, gen. sg.). The first element can be definitely identified as ancestral to cú (“dog”), from Proto-Celtic *kū, combining form *kuno-.

However, it is difficult to trace the origin of the second element of the name, owing to two possibilities existing:

• If related to the Gaulish name recorded as Latin Cunopennus as Matasović and many others before him do, the second element would be *kʷennom (“head”), making the whole name mean "dog-head".
• If one follows McManus in relating this name to Old Welsh Concenn (name of the last king of Powys), also rendered as Middle Welsh Cyngen, the second element can be nothing else but *kennos (“skin”). This would make the name mean overall "dog-skin".

Proper noun

Conchenn f or m

1. a unisex given name

Inflection

When used for women:

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ConchennL	ConchinnL	ConchennaH
vocative	ConchennL	ConchinnL	ConchennaH
accusative	ConchinnN	ConchinnL	ConchennaH
genitive	ConchinneH	ConchennL	ConchennN
dative	ConchinnL	Conchennaib	Conchennaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

When used for men:

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Conchenn	ConchennL	ConchinnL
vocative	Conchinn	ConchennL	ConchinnuH
accusative	ConchennN	ConchennL	ConchinnuH
genitive	ConchinnL	Conchenn	ConchennN
dative	ConchiunnL	Conchennaib	Conchennaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• ⇒ Classical Gaelic: Magh Conchinn, Magh gCoinchinn, Magh cCoinchinne
• ⇒ Irish: Maigh gCoinchinn
  • → English: Magunihy
• →⇒ English: Derrycunihy