canúnach

Irish

Etymology

From canúint, canúna +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kaˈn̪ˠuːn̪ˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠuːnˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠunˠa(h)/

Adjective

canúnach (genitive singular masculine canúnaigh, genitive singular feminine canúnaí, plural canúnacha, comparative canúnaí)

1. dialectal

Declension

Declension of canúnach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	canúnach	chanúnach	canúnacha; chanúnacha2
vocative	chanúnaigh		canúnacha
genitive		canúnaí	canúnacha	canúnach
dative	canúnach; chanúnach1	chanúnach; chanúnaigh (archaic)	canúnacha; chanúnacha2
Comparative	níos canúnaí
Superlative	is canúnaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• canúnachas

Mutation

Mutated forms of canúnach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
canúnach	chanúnach	gcanúnach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “canúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “canúnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “canúnach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024