cnaipe

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cnap, borrowed from Old Norse knappr or Old English cnæp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknˠapʲə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠapʲə/

Noun

cnaipe m (genitive singular cnaipe, nominative plural cnaipí)

1. button
2. bead
3. stud
4. (computing) button or key on a keyboard

Declension

Declension of cnaipe

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cnaipe cnaipí Vocative a chnaipe a chnaipí Genitive cnaipe cnaipí Dative cnaipe cnaipí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cnaipe na cnaipí Genitive an chnaipe na gcnaipí Dative leis an gcnaipe don chnaipe leis na cnaipí

Derived terms

• beacán cnaipe, muisiriún cnaipe (“button mushroom”)
• cnaipe sosa, stadchnaipe (“pause button”)
• cnaipeadóir (“button-maker”)
• cnaipín (“small button”)
• crúca cnaipe (“button-hook”)
• poll cnaipe (“button-hole”)

 

Related terms

• cnap (“knob”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cnaipe	chnaipe	gcnaipe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnaipe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnap”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• Greene, D. 1973 ‘The influence of Scandinavian on Irish’ in Bo Almqvist & David Greene (eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, pp. 75-82
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnaipe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cnaipe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024