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caonach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Alteration of Old Irish cóennae, via an unattested Middle Irish *cáennach. Cognate to Manx keynnagh and Scottish Gaelic còinneach.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caonach m (genitive singular caonaigh)

  1. moss

Declension

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Declension of caonach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative caonach
vocative a chaonaigh
genitive caonaigh
dative caonach
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an caonach
genitive an chaonaigh
dative leis an gcaonach
don chaonach

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of caonach
radical lenition eclipsis
caonach chaonach gcaonach

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

Further reading

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