cnó

See also: cnò

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cnú (compare Scottish Gaelic cnò, Manx cro), from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)), from Proto-Indo-European *knew- (compare English nut).

Noun

cnó m, f (genitive singular cnó, nominative plural cnónna)

nut (hard-shelled fruit; metal fastener)

Declension

As masculine noun:

Declension of cnó

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cnó	cnónna
Vocative	a chnó	a chnónna
Genitive	cnó	cnónna
Dative	cnó	cnónna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cnó	na cnónna
Genitive	an chnó	na gcnónna
Dative	leis an gcnó don chnó	leis na cnónna

As feminine noun:

Declension of cnó

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cnó	cnónna
Vocative	a chnó	a chnónna
Genitive	cnó	cnónna
Dative	cnó	cnónna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chnó	na cnónna
Genitive	na cnó	na gcnónna
Dative	leis an gcnó don chnó	leis na cnónna

Derived terms

Terms derived from cnó

blaosc cnó f (“nutshell”)
cnó airéice m (“areca-nut”)
cnó arcáin m (“pig-nut”)
cnó beitil m (“betel-nut”)
cnó Brasaíleach m (“Brazil nut”)
cnó caisealta m (“castle-nut”)

cnó caoch m (“blind nut”)
cnó capaill m (“horse-chestnut”)
cnó cnuasaigh m (“garnered nut; (of person) treasure”)
cnó cócó m (“coconut”)
cnó coill m, cnó gaelach m (“hazel-nut”)
cnó eiteach m, cnó cluasach m (“wing-nut”)

cnó francach m, cnó gallda m, gallchnó m (“walnut”)
cnó mogaill m (“clustered nut; (of person) beloved”)
cnó mullaigh m (“topmost nut; (of person) chief, noblest”)
cnó sinséir m (“ginger(bread) nut”)
cnó talún m (“earth-nut”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cnó	chnó	gcnó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"cnó" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“cnú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Entries containing “cnó” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “cnó” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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