cnocach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cnoccach (“hilly”). By surface analysis, cnoc +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cnocach (genitive singular masculine cnocaigh, genitive singular feminine cnocaí, plural cnocacha, comparative cnocaí)

1. hilly

Declension

Declension of cnocach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	cnocach	chnocach	cnocacha; chnocacha2
vocative	chnocaigh		cnocacha
genitive		cnocaí	strong noun	weak noun
			cnocacha	cnocach
dative	cnocach; chnocach1	chnocach; chnocaigh (archaic)	cnocacha; chnocacha2
Comparative	níos cnocaí
Superlative	is cnocaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

cnocach m (genitive singular cnocaigh, nominative plural cnocaigh)

1. a hilly place
   • c. 1634, Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn:

     Ard na nGeimhleach ré ráidhtear an Chnocach aniú

     "Ard na nGeaimhleach [High place of the Prisoners], which is now called An Chnocach [The Hilly Place])"

Declension

Declension of cnocach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cnocach cnocaigh vocative a chnocaigh a chnocacha genitive cnocaigh cnocach dative cnocach cnocaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cnocach na cnocaigh genitive an chnocaigh na gcnocach dative leis an gcnocach don chnocach leis na cnocaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnocach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cnocach	chnocach	gcnocach

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) “cnocach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnocach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cnocach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025