cnocach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cnoccach (“hilly”), synchronically analyzable as cnoc + -ach.
Adjective
cnocach (genitive singular masculine cnocaigh, genitive singular feminine cnocaí, plural cnocacha, comparative cnocaí)
Declension
Declension of cnocach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cnocach | chnocach | cnocacha; chnocacha² | |
Vocative | chnocaigh | cnocacha | ||
Genitive | cnocaí | cnocacha | cnocach | |
Dative | cnocach; chnocach¹ |
chnocach; chnocaigh (archaic) |
cnocacha; chnocacha² | |
Comparative | níos cnocaí | |||
Superlative | is cnocaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
cnocach m (genitive singular cnocaigh, nominative plural cnocaigh)
- a hilly place
- Template:ca., Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn:
- Ard na nGeimhleach ré ráidhtear an Chnocach aniú
- "Ard na nGeaimhleach [High place of the Prisoners], which is now called An Chnocach [The Hilly Place])"
- Ard na nGeimhleach ré ráidhtear an Chnocach aniú
- Template:ca., Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn:
Declension
Declension of cnocach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cnocach | chnocach | gcnocach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnocach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnocach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cnocach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024