cnoccach
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cnocc (“hill, lump”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cnoccach
Inflection
[edit]| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cnoccach | cnoccach | cnoccach |
| vocative | cnoccaig* cnoccach** | ||
| accusative | cnoccach | cnoccaig | |
| genitive | cnoccaig | cnoccaige | cnoccaig |
| dative | cnoccach | cnoccaig | cnoccach |
| plural | masculine | feminine/neuter | |
| nominative | cnoccaig | cnoccacha | |
| vocative | cnoccachu cnoccacha† | ||
| accusative | cnoccachu cnoccacha† | ||
| genitive | cnoccach | ||
| dative | cnoccachaib | ||
*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
Descendants
[edit]- Irish: cnocach
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| cnoccach | chnoccach | cnoccach 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
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnoccach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language