inchinn

Irish

From Old Irish inchinn, from in- (“in”) + cenn (“head”).^[1] Compare Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos) with the same construction.

inchinn f (genitive singular inchinne, nominative plural inchinní)

Declension of inchinn (second declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an inchinn	na hinchinní
genitive	na hinchinne	na n-inchinní
dative	leis an inchinn don inchinn	leis na hinchinní

Mutated forms of *inchinn*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
inchinn	n-inchinn	hinchinn	not applicable

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

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “inchinn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 33, page 19
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 142
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 147, page 35
^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 31, page 11
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^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 251, page 90
^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 271