cnaipe

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse knappr or Old English cnæp.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈknˠapʲə/
(Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠapʲə/

Noun

cnaipe m (genitive singular cnaipe, nominative plural cnaipí)

Declension

Declension of cnaipe

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cnaipe	cnaipí
Vocative	a chnaipe	a chnaipí
Genitive	cnaipe	cnaipí
Dative	cnaipe	cnaipí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cnaipe	na cnaipí
Genitive	an chnaipe	na gcnaipí
Dative	leis an gcnaipe don chnaipe	leis na cnaipí

Derived terms

Terms derived from cnaipe

beacán cnaipe, muisiriún cnaipe (“button mushroom”)
cnaipeadóir (“button-maker”)

cnaipe sosa, stadchnaipe (“pause button”)
cnaipín (“small button”)

crúca cnaipe (“button-hook”)
poll cnaipe (“button-hole”)

Related terms

cnap (“knob”)

Mutation

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.

Further reading

"cnaipe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“cnap” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“cnaipe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Greene, D. 1973 ‘The influence of Scandinavian on Irish’ in Bo Almqvist & David Greene (eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, pp. 75-82
Entries containing “cnaipe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “cnaipe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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