cnó

See also: cnò

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cnú (compare Scottish Gaelic cnò, Manx cro), from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)), from Proto-Indo-European *knew- (compare English nut).

Noun

cnó m or f (genitive singular cnó, nominative plural cnónna)

1. nut (hard-shelled fruit; metal fastener)

Declension

As masculine noun

Declension of cnó

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cnó cnónna Vocative a chnó a chnónna Genitive cnó cnónna Dative cnó cnónna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cnó na cnónna Genitive an chnó na gcnónna Dative leis an gcnó don chnó leis na cnónna

As feminine noun

Declension of cnó

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cnó cnónna Vocative a chnó a chnónna Genitive cnó cnónna Dative cnó cnónna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chnó na cnónna Genitive na cnó na gcnónna Dative leis an gcnó don chnó leis na cnónna

Derived terms

• blaosc cnó f (“nutshell”)
• cnó airéice m (“areca-nut”)
• cnó arcáin m (“pig-nut”)
• cnó beitil m (“betel-nut”)
• cnó Brasaíleach m (“Brazil nut”)
• cnó caisealta m (“castle-nut”)
• cnó caoch m (“blind nut”)
• cnó capaill m (“horse-chestnut”)
• cnó cnuasaigh m (“garnered nut; (of person) treasure”)
• cnó cócó m (“coconut”)
• cnó coill m, cnó gaelach m (“hazel-nut”)
• cnó eiteach m, cnó cluasach m (“wing-nut”)
• cnó francach m, cnó gallda m, gallchnó m (“walnut”)
• cnó mogaill m (“clustered nut; (of person) beloved”)
• cnó mullaigh m (“topmost nut; (of person) chief, noblest”)
• cnó sinséir m (“ginger(bread) nut”)
• cnó talún m (“earth-nut”)
• geanmchnó (“chestnut”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cnó	chnó	gcnó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnó”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cnó”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024