cnú
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See also: cnu
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *knūs, cognate with Proto-Germanic *hnuts, Latin nux.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cnú f (genitive cnó, nominative plural cnói)
Inflection[edit]
This noun is traditionally labelled as a one-of-a-kind "feminine u-stem" despite neither inflecting like a u-stem nor originating from one. Instead it inflects as a consonant stem noun resembling the declension of bó (“cow”) with several forms terminating in -i whose locations parallel those of palatalized auslaut consonants of the velar-stem declensions.
Feminine irregular | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | cnú | cnoíL | cnoí |
Vocative | cnú | cnoíL | cnóa |
Accusative | cnoíN | cnoíL | cnóa |
Genitive | cnó | cnó | cnóN |
Dative | cnoíL | cnóib | cnóib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cnú | chnú | cnú pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language