gallchnó

Irish

Etymology

From gall (“foreign”) +‎ cnó (“nut”).

Noun

gallchnó m (genitive singular gallchnó, nominative plural gallchnónna)

1. walnut

   Synonyms: cnó francach, cnó gallda

Declension

Declension of gallchnó (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gallchnó gallchnónna vocative a ghallchnó a ghallchnónna genitive gallchnó gallchnónna dative gallchnó gallchnónna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gallchnó na gallchnónna genitive an ghallchnó na ngallchnónna dative leis an ngallchnó don ghallchnó leis na gallchnónna

Mutation

Mutated forms of gallchnó

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gallchnó	ghallchnó	ngallchnó

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) “gallchnó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gallchnó”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gallchnó”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024