cnocach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cnoccach (“hilly”), synchronically analyzable as cnoc + -ach.
Adjective
cnocach (genitive singular masculine cnocaigh, genitive singular feminine cnocaí, plural cnocacha, comparative cnocaí)
Declension
Declension of cnocach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cnocach | chnocach | cnocacha; chnocacha² | |
| Vocative | chnocaigh | cnocacha | ||
| Genitive | cnocaí | cnocacha | cnocach | |
| Dative | cnocach; chnocach¹ |
chnocach; chnocaigh (archaic) |
cnocacha; chnocacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cnocaí | |||
| Superlative | is cnocaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
cnocach m (genitive singular cnocaigh, nominative plural cnocaigh)
- a hilly place
- c. 1634,, Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn:
- Ard na nGeimhleach ré ráidhtear an Chnocach aniú
- "Ard na nGeaimhleach [High place of the Prisoners], which is now called An Chnocach [The Hilly Place])"
- Ard na nGeimhleach ré ráidhtear an Chnocach aniú
- c. 1634,, Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn:
Declension
Declension of cnocach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cnocach | chnocach | gcnocach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "cnocach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “cnocach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cnocach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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