cnaipe
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish cnap,[1] borrowed from Old Norse knappr and/or Old English cnæp.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster, Aran) IPA(key): /ˈknˠapʲə/
- (Connemara, Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠapʲə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɨ̞pʲə/[3] (as if spelled cnuipe); /ˈkɾˠɛpʲə/[4] (as if spelled cnoipe)
Noun
[edit]cnaipe m (genitive singular cnaipe, nominative plural cnaipí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cnaipe
Derived terms
[edit]- beacán cnaipe (“button mushroom”)
- cnaipe sosa (“pause button”)
- cnaipeadóir (“button-maker”)
- cnaipín (“small button”)
- crúca cnaipe (“button-hook”)
- muisiriún cnaipe (“button mushroom”)
- poll cnaipe (“button-hole”)
- stadchnaipe (“pause button”)
Related terms
[edit]- cnap (“knob”)
Mutation
[edit]| 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. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnap”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Greene, David (1973) “The influence of Scandinavian on Irish”, in Bo Almqvist & David Greene, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress[1], Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75–82
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnaipe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cnaipe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 155
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnaipe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cnaipe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024