cocún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cocoon, from French cocon, a diminutive of coque (“shell”).

Noun

cocún m (genitive singular cocúin, nominative plural cocúin)

1. (entomology) cocoon

Declension

Declension of cocún (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cocún cocúin vocative a chocúin a chocúna genitive cocúin cocún dative cocún cocúin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cocún na cocúin genitive an chocúin na gcocún dative leis an gcocún don chocún leis na cocúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of cocún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cocún	chocún	gcocún

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) “cocún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN