cnocc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *knukkos (hill).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /knok/

Noun

cnocc m (genitive cnuicc, nominative plural cnuicc)

  1. hill
  2. (pathology) lump, ulcer
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 23b1
      cnocc glosses ulcus

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cnocc cnoccL cnuiccL
Vocative cnuicc cnoccL cnuccuH
Accusative cnoccN cnoccL cnuccuH
Genitive cnuiccL cnocc cnoccN
Dative cnuccL cnoccaib cnoccaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: cnoc
  • Manx: cronk
  • Scottish Gaelic: cnoc
  • Middle Irish: cnocán

Mutation

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

References

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