corann

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish corann, from Latin corōna (“crown”). Doublet of coróin.

Noun

corann f (genitive singular coirne, nominative plural coirneacha)

1. tonsure
2. crown

Synonyms

• (crown): coróin

Derived terms

• coirneach (“tonsured, monk”)

Etymology 2

Noun

corann

1. Alternative genitive singular form of cora (“weir”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of corann

radical	lenition	eclipsis
corann	chorann	gcorann

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corann (‘tonsure’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “corann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corona (“crown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.rən͈/

Noun

corann f (genitive corne, nominative plural coirnea)

1. tonsure, crown of the head
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 11^c10

     cen chorin ― (glosses uelato capite)

2. crown
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 24^a6

     innacorne ― (glosses in modum coronæ)

   • c. 810, Biblical Glosses in the Book Armagh, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 494–98, Ardm. 180^a2

     coirnea ― (glosses Latin corōnās)

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	corannL	corainnL	coirneaH
Vocative	corannL	corainnL	coirneaH
Accusative	corainnN	corainnL	coirneaH
Genitive	corneH	corannL	corannN
Dative	corainnL	coirnib	coirnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: corann (“tonsure”)

Mutation

Mutation of corann

radical	lenition	nasalization
corann	chorann	corann 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), “corann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language