Conn

See also: conn and Conn.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Conn.

Proper noun

Conn m (genitive Choinn)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish used in Ireland
  2. (historical) Conn Céadchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles), a semi-mythical medieval High King of Ireland

Derived terms
  • Cró Choinn (“Conn's fold”) (name for Ireland)
  • Connachta (“Connacht”) (one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Conn Chonn gConn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

Related to Conall, from Proto-Celtic *Kunowalos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kon͈]

Proper noun

Conn m

  1. a male given name used in Ireland
  2. (historical) Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles), a semi-mythical medieval High King of Ireland

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Conn — —
Vocative Cuinn — —
Accusative ConnN — —
Genitive CuinnL — —
Dative ConnL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • Connachta (“Connacht”) (one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland)

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Conn Chonn Conn
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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