cnap

Irish

Alternative forms

• cnaipe (button)

Etymology

From Middle Irish cnapp, from Old Norse knappr or Old English cnæp.

Noun

cnap m (genitive singular cnaip, nominative plural cnapanna)

1. knob, lump

Declension

Declension of cnap

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cnap cnapanna Vocative a chnaip a chnapanna Genitive cnaip cnapanna Dative cnap cnapanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cnap na cnapanna Genitive an chnaip na gcnapanna Dative leis an gcnap don chnap leis na cnapanna

Derived terms

• cnapach (“knobby, lumpy”)
• cnapaire (“stout and strong thing or person”)
• cnapán (“knob, large or stout thing”)
• cnapóg (“little lump, nap of cloth”)
• cnapsaca (“knapsack”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cnap	chnap	gcnap
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnap”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cnap”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 155
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnap”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

cnap

1. Alternative form of knappe (“knob”)