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cnag

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish *cnagaid, from Old English cnocian and/or Old Norse knoka, both from Proto-Germanic *knukōną.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cnag m (genitive singular cnaig, nominative plural cnaga)

  1. a knock, crack, crunch

Declension

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Declension of cnag (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cnag cnaga
vocative a chnaig a chnaga
genitive cnaig cnag
dative cnag cnaga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cnag na cnaga
genitive an chnaig na gcnag
dative leis an gcnag
don chnag
leis na cnaga

Verb

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cnag (present analytic cnagann, future analytic cnagfaidh, verbal noun cnagadh, past participle cnagtha)

  1. to knock, crack, crunch

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cnag
radical lenition eclipsis
cnag chnag gcnag

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish *cnagaid, from Old English cnocian and/or Old Norse knoka, both from Proto-Germanic *knukōną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cnag (past chnag, future cnagaidh, verbal noun cnagadh, past participle cnagte)

  1. crunch (making sound)
  2. knock, click

Noun

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cnag f (genitive singular cnaig, plural cnagan)

  1. bang, knock
  2. peg
  3. knob
  4. plug (of a container)

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of cnag
radical lenition
cnag chnag

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

Further reading

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