cnámhfhear

Irish

Etymology

From cnámh (“bone”) +‎ fear (“man”).

Noun

cnámhfhear m (genitive singular cnámhfhir, nominative plural cnámhfhir)

1. (music, of performer) bones

Declension

Declension of cnámhfhear (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cnámhfhear cnámhfhir vocative a chnámhfhir a chnámhfheara genitive cnámhfhir cnámhfhear dative cnámhfhear cnámhfhir forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cnámhfhear na cnámhfhir genitive an chnámhfhir na gcnámhfhear dative leis an gcnámhfhear don chnámhfhear leis na cnámhfhir

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnámhfhear

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cnámhfhear	chnámhfhear	gcnámhfhear

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cnámhfhear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN