cnap

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠapˠ/

Noun

cnap m (genitive singular cnaip, nominative plural cnapanna)

1. knob, lump

Declension

Declension of cnap (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cnap cnapanna vocative a chnaip a chnapanna genitive cnaip cnapanna dative cnap cnapanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cnap na cnapanna genitive an chnaip na gcnapanna dative leis an gcnap don chnap leis na cnapanna

Derived terms

• cnapach (“knobby, lumpy”)
• cnapaire (“stout and strong thing or person”)
• cnapán (“knob, large or stout thing”)
• cnapóg (“little lump, nap of cloth”)
• cnapsaca (“knapsack”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnap

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cnap	chnap	gcnap

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cnap”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 155
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnap”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

cnap

1. Alternative form of knappe (“knob”)