cón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "con"

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cone.

Noun

cón m (genitive singular cóin, nominative plural cóin)

  1. (geometry) cone

Declension
Declension of cón

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cón cóin
Vocative a chóin a chóna
Genitive cóin cón
Dative cón cóin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cón na cóin
Genitive an chóin na gcón
Dative leis an gcón

don chón

 leis na cóin

Derived terms
  • cónach (“conic”, adjective)
  • cónúil (“conical”, adjective)

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “cón” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “cón” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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