Conchenn
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Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐᚉᚓᚅᚐ (cunacena, nom. sg.) of uncertain gender, masculine form also attested in ᚉᚒᚅᚐᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cunacenni, gen. sg.). The first element can be definitely identified as ancestral to cú (“dog”), from Proto-Celtic *kū, combining form *kuno-.
However, it is difficult to trace the origin of the second element of the name, owing to two possibilities existing:
- If related to the Gaulish name recorded as Latin Cunopennus as Matasović and many others before him do,[1] the second element would be *kʷennom (“head”), making the whole name mean "dog-head".
- If one follows McManus in relating this name to Old Welsh Concenn (name of the last king of Powys), also rendered as Middle Welsh Cyngen,[2] the second element can be nothing else but *kennos (“skin”). This would make the name mean overall "dog-skin".
Proper noun
[edit]Conchenn f or m
- a unisex given name
Inflection
[edit]When used for women:
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ConchennL | ConchinnL | ConchennaH |
Vocative | ConchennL | ConchinnL | ConchennaH |
Accusative | ConchinnN | ConchinnL | ConchennaH |
Genitive | ConchinneH | ConchennL | ConchennN |
Dative | ConchinnL | Conchennaib | Conchennaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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When used for men:
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | Conchenn | ConchennL | ConchinnL |
Vocative | Conchinn | ConchennL | ConchinnuH |
Accusative | ConchennN | ConchennL | ConchinnuH |
Genitive | ConchinnL | Conchenn | ConchennN |
Dative | ConchiunnL | Conchennaib | Conchennaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Classical Gaelic: Magh Conchinn, Magh gCoinchinn, Magh cCoinchinne
- ⇒ Irish: Maigh gCoinchinn
- → English: Magunihy
- →⇒ English: Derrycunihy
References
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- Old Irish terms inherited from Primitive Irish
- Old Irish terms derived from Primitive Irish
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish proper nouns
- Old Irish feminine nouns
- Old Irish masculine nouns
- Old Irish nouns with multiple genders
- Old Irish given names
- Old Irish male given names
- Old Irish female given names
- Old Irish unisex given names
- Old Irish ā-stem nouns
- Old Irish masculine o-stem nouns