cnámh

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See also: cnàmh

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cnáim,[1] from Proto-Celtic *knāmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (leg).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cnámh f (genitive singular cnáimhe, nominative plural cnámha) or
cnámh m (genitive singular cnámha, nominative plural cnámha)

  1. (anatomy) bone
  2. (in the plural) bones (musical instrument)

Declension

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As a second-declension feminine noun
As a third-declension masculine noun

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cnámh chnámh gcnámh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnáim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 36, page 20
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 155
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 148, page 58

Further reading

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