cnaipe

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish cnap,[1] borrowed from Old Norse knappr and/or Old English cnæp.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cnaipe m (genitive singular cnaipe, nominative plural cnaipí)

  1. button
  2. bead
  3. stud
  4. (computing) button or key on a keyboard

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cnaipe chnaipe gcnaipe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnap”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Greene, David (1973), “The influence of Scandinavian on Irish”, in Bo Almqvist & David Greene, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress[1], Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75–82
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96

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