coirnéad

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cornet, diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).

Noun

coirnéad m (genitive singular coirnéid, nominative plural coirnéid)

1. (music) cornet

Declension

Declension of coirnéad (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative coirnéad coirnéid vocative a choirnéid a choirnéada genitive coirnéid coirnéad dative coirnéad coirnéid forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an coirnéad na coirnéid genitive an choirnéid na gcoirnéad dative leis an gcoirnéad don choirnéad leis na coirnéid

Mutation

Mutated forms of coirnéad

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coirnéad	choirnéad	gcoirnéad

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