cnò

See also: cnó, CNO, and cno

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cnú, from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

Noun

cnò f (genitive singular cnò or cnotha or cnòtha, plural cnòthan)

1. nut (seed; fastener)
2. filbert
3. shell of a species of cockle

Derived terms

• cnò challtainn (“hazelnut”)
• cnò Fhrangach (“walnut”)
• cnò-almoin (“almond”)
• cnò-bhachaill
• cnò-bhachair (“acorn; molucca bean”)
• cnò-bhainne (“milk-nut”)
• cnò-bhreac (“snail's shell”)
• cnò-chanaich (“quince”)
• cnò-chaoch (“empty nut”)
• cnò-chòmhlach (“hazel double nut”)
• cnò-dharaich (“oak apple; acorn”)
• cnò-gheanmnaidh (“chestnut”)
• cnò-Ghreugach
• cnò-leana (“marsh-cinquefoil”)
• cnò-mheannt (“nutmeg”)
• cnò-Shamhna (“Hallowe'en nut”)
• cnò-shearbh (“filbert”)
• cnò-spuinge (“molucca-nut”)
• cnò-thalmhainn (“earth-nut”)
• coille-chnò (“hazel-wood”)
• gall-chnò (“walnut”)

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

cnò

1. famous
2. excellent
3. gruff

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cnò	chnò
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cnò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language