cnapánach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cnapán (“lump”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]cnapánach (genitive singular masculine cnapánaigh, genitive singular feminine cnapánaí, plural cnapánacha, comparative cnapánaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | cnapánach | chnapánach | cnapánacha; chnapánacha2 | |
| vocative | chnapánaigh | cnapánacha | ||
| genitive | cnapánaí | cnapánacha | cnapánach | |
| dative | cnapánach; chnapánach1 |
chnapánach; chnapánaigh (archaic) |
cnapánacha; chnapánacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos cnapánaí | |||
| Superlative | is cnapánaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cnapánach | chnapánach | gcnapánach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnapánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnapánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cnapánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024