cocún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cocoon, from French cocon, a diminutive of coque (“shell”).

Noun

cocún m (genitive singular cocúin, nominative plural cocúin)

1. (entomology) cocoon

Declension

Declension of cocún

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cocún cocúin Vocative a chocúin a chocúna Genitive cocúin cocún Dative cocún cocúin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cocún na cocúin Genitive an chocúin na gcocún Dative leis an gcocún don chocún leis na cocúin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cocún	chocún	gcocún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cocún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN