corann

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish corann, from Latin corōna (“crown”). Doublet of coróin

Noun

corann f (genitive singular coirne, nominative plural coirneacha)

1. tonsure
2. crown

Derived terms

• coirneach (“tonsured, monk”)

Synonyms

• (crown): coróin

Noun

corann

1. Alternative genitive singular form of cora (“weir”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
corann	chorann	gcorann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corann (‘tonsure’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “corann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corona (“crown”).

Noun

corann f

1. tonsure, crown of the head
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 11^c10

     cen chorin glosses uelato capite

2. crown
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 24^a6

     innacorne glosses in modum coronæ

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
corann	chorann	corann pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language