cnocán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cnocán.[1] By surface analysis, cnoc +‎ -án.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kn̪ˠəˈkɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈknɔkɑːn/
  • (Cois Fharraige, Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠʊkɑːnˠ/, /ˈkɾˠʊkɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠʌkɑːnˠ/, /ˈkɾˠʌkɑːn̪ˠ/

Noun

cnocán m (genitive singular cnocáin, nominative plural cnocáin)

  1. hillock
  2. heap

Declension
Declension of cnocán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cnocán cnocáin
Vocative a chnocáin a chnocána
Genitive cnocáin cnocán
Dative cnocán cnocáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cnocán na cnocáin
Genitive an chnocáin na gcnocán
Dative leis an gcnocán

don chnocán

 leis na cnocáin

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnoccán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From cnocc +‎ -án.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈknokaːn/

Noun

cnocán m

  1. little lump, mound, hill

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Further reading
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