corann

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish corann, from Latin corōna (“crown”). Doublet of coróin

Noun

corann f (genitive singular coirne, nominative plural coirneacha)

  1. tonsure
  2. crown

Derived terms

Synonyms

Noun

corann

  1. Alternative genitive singular form of cora (“weir”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
corann chorann gcorann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corona (“crown”).

Noun

corann f

  1. tonsure, crown of the head
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 11c10
      cen chorin glosses uelato capite
  2. crown
    • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 24a6
      innacorne glosses in modum coronæ

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: corann (“tonsure”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
corann chorann corann
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “corann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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