cnap
Irish
Alternative forms
- cnaipe (“button”)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse knappr or Old English cnæp.
Noun
cnap m (genitive singular cnaip, nominative plural cnapanna)
Declension
Declension of cnap
Derived terms
- cnapach (“knobby, lumpy”)
- cnapaim (“I heap, collect into lumps”)
- cnapaire (“stout and strong thing or person”)
- cnapán (“knob, large or stout thing”)
- cnapóg (“little lump, nap of cloth”)
- cnapsaca (“knapsack”)
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnap”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Template:R:ga:Dinneen
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnap”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Middle English
Noun
cnap
- Alternative form of knappe (“knob”)