cnaipe

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cnap, borrowed from Old Norse knappr and/or Old English cnæp. Doublet of cnap.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈknˠapʲə/
• (Connemara, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠapʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɨ̞pʲə/ (as if spelled cnuipe); /ˈkɾˠɛpʲə/ (as if spelled cnoipe)

Noun

cnaipe m (genitive singular cnaipe, nominative plural cnaipí)

1. button
2. bead
3. stud
4. (computing) button or key on a keyboard

Declension

Declension of cnaipe (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cnaipe cnaipí vocative a chnaipe a chnaipí genitive cnaipe cnaipí dative cnaipe cnaipí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cnaipe na cnaipí genitive an chnaipe na gcnaipí dative leis an gcnaipe don chnaipe leis na cnaipí

Derived terms

• beacán cnaipe (“button mushroom”)
• cnaipe sosa (“pause button”)
• cnaipeadóir (“button-maker”)
• cnaipín (“small button”)
• crúca cnaipe (“button-hook”)
• muisiriún cnaipe (“button mushroom”)
• poll cnaipe (“button-hole”)
• stadchnaipe (“pause button”)

 

Related terms

• cnap (“knob”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnaipe

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cnaipe	chnaipe	gcnaipe

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) “cnaipe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cnaipe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 155
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnaipe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cnaipe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024