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cnoccach

cnoccach

Old Irish

Adjective

cnoccach

  1. hilly
  2. lumpy
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Etymology 2

From cnocc (hill, lump) + -ach.

Noun

cnoccach m

  1. a hilly place
Inflection
Masculine o-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

Mutation

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

References

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