Cormac

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish, from Old Irish Cormac.

Proper noun

Cormac

1. A male given name from Irish.
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Related terms

• Cormack
• Cormick

Translations

male given name

• Icelandic: Kormákur (is)
• Irish: Cormac

Anagrams

• comcar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Cormac, older Corbmac (see the Old Irish entry).

Proper noun

Cormac m (genitive Chormaic)

1. a male given name from Old Irish

Declension

Declension of Cormac (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Cormac vocative a Chormaic genitive Cormaic dative Cormac forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Cormac genitive an Chormaic dative leis an gCormac don Chormac

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cormac

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Cormac	Chormac	gCormac

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• Corbmac

Etymology

From older Corbmac, from corb (possibly meaning “raven” or “wheel” or “chariot”) + macc (“son”). For the first element see carbad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkormak/

Proper noun

Cormac m

1. a male given name

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Cormac	—	—
vocative	Cormaic	—	—
accusative	CormacN	—	—
genitive	CormaicL	—	—
dative	CormacL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• → Old Norse: Kormákr

Mutation

Mutation of Cormac

radical	lenition	nasalization
Cormac	Chormac	Cormac pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.