cón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "con"

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cone.

Noun

cón m (genitive singular cóin, nominative plural cóin)

  1. (geometry) cone

Declension

Declension of cón (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cón cóin
vocative a chóin a chóna
genitive cóin cón
dative cón cóin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cón na cóin
genitive an chóin na gcón
dative leis an gcón
don chón
leis na cóin

Derived terms

  • cón solais (light cone)
  • cón tráchta (traffic cone)
  • cón túise (incense cone)
  • cón uachtar reoite (ice cream cone)
  • cónach (conic, adjective)
  • cónacháin m pl (conics)
  • cónacht (conicity)
  • cónchill
  • cónúil (conical, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cón
radical lenition eclipsis
cón chón gcón

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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