coirneach

Irish

Alternative forms

• cairneach
• cáirneach, cairnech, cóirneach (obsolete)

Etymology

From corann +‎ -ach.

Adjective

coirneach (genitive singular masculine coirnigh, genitive singular feminine coirní, plural coirneacha, not comparable)

1. tonsured

Declension

Declension of coirneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	coirneach	choirneach	coirneacha; choirneacha²
Vocative	choirnigh		coirneacha
Genitive		coirní	coirneacha	coirneach
Dative	coirneach; choirneach¹	choirneach; choirnigh (archaic)	coirneacha; choirneacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

coirneach m (genitive singular coirnigh, nominative plural coirnigh)

1. tonsured person, monk, friar
2. osprey

Declension

Declension of coirneach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative coirneach coirnigh Vocative a choirnigh a choirneacha Genitive coirnigh coirneach Dative coirneach coirnigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an coirneach na coirnigh Genitive an choirnigh na gcoirneach Dative leis an gcoirneach don choirneach leis na coirnigh

Synonyms

• (osprey): iascaire coirneach, ospróg

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coirneach	choirneach	gcoirneach
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), “cairnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cóirneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 167
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coirneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN