cnoc

Etymology

From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knokkos (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kn̪ˠɔk/, (West Cork) IPA^(key): /kn̪ˠʊk/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /knˠɔk/
• (Galway, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠʊk/

Noun

cnoc m (genitive singular cnoic, nominative plural cnoic)

1. hill, mount

   Proverb:

   Is glas na cnoic i bhfad uainn. ― Distant prospects can be deceptively alluring, literally “Distant hills look green.”

Mutation

Further reading

• "cnoc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “cnocc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knokkos (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾɔ̃ʰk/

Noun

cnoc m (genitive singular cnuic, plural cnuic)

1. hill, hillock, knoll, eminence

   Cha rachainn gu cùl cnuic leis aig meadhon latha. ― I would not go with him behind a hill at mid-day.

   An latha bhatar a' roinn na céille, cha robh mi fhéin air a' chnoc. ― The day that sense was apportioned, I myself was not on the hillock.

2. heel kibe
3. council, court
4. wisdom

Mutation

Further reading

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “cnocc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.