cnes

See also: CNES

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *knissos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲnʲes]

Noun

cnes m (genitive cnis)

1. skin, surface
2. body, flesh

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cnes	cnesL	cnisL
vocative	cnis	cnesL	cnisuH
accusative	cnesN	cnesL	cnisuH
genitive	cnisL	cnes	cnesN
dative	cnesL	cnesaib	cnesaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cnes
  • Irish: cneas
  • Manx: craaish
  • Scottish Gaelic: cneas

Mutation

Mutation of cnes

radical	lenition	nasalization
cnes	chnes	cnes pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language