cnámh

See also: cnàmh

Irish

Alternative forms

• cnáimh

Etymology

From Old Irish cnáim, from Proto-Celtic *knāmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kn̪ˠɑ̃ːvˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) see: cnáimh
• (Mayo, Ulster, genitive plural only) IPA^(key): /kɾˠãːw/

Noun

cnámh f (genitive singular cnáimhe, nominative plural cnámha) or
cnámh m (genitive singular cnámha, nominative plural cnámha)

1. (anatomy) bone
2. (in the plural) bones (musical instrument)

Declension

As a second-declension feminine noun

Declension of cnámh (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cnámh cnámha vocative a chnámh a chnámha genitive cnáimhe cnámh dative cnámh cnáimh (archaic, dialectal) cnámha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an chnámh na cnámha genitive na cnáimhe na gcnámh dative leis an gcnámh leis an gcnáimh (archaic, dialectal) don chnámh don chnáimh (archaic, dialectal) leis na cnámha

As a third-declension masculine noun

Declension of cnámh (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cnámh cnámha vocative a chnámh a chnámha genitive cnámha cnámh dative cnámh cnámha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cnámh na cnámha genitive an chnámha na gcnámh dative leis an gcnámh don chnámh leis na cnámha

Derived terms

• cnáimhfhiach
• cnámhar (“ossiferous”)
• cnámhfhód
• créachta chnámh (“bone tuberculosis”)
• deisiú cnámh (“bonesetting”)
• mórchnámhach (“big-boned”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnámh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cnámh	chnámh	gcnámh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

References

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cnáṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 213; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cnámh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cnámh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cnámh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026