cnò

See also: cnó, CNO, and cno

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cnú, from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

Noun

cnò f (genitive singular cnò or cnotha or cnòtha, plural cnòthan)

  1. nut (seed; fastener)
  2. filbert
  3. shell of a species of cockle
Derived terms
  • cnò challtainn (“hazelnut”)
  • cnò Fhrangach (“walnut”)
  • cnò-almoin (“almond”)
  • cnò-bhachaill
  • cnò-bhachair (“acorn; molucca bean”)
  • cnò-bhainne (“milk-nut”)
  • cnò-bhreac (“snail's shell”)
  • cnò-chanaich (“quince”)
  • cnò-chaoch (“empty nut”)
  • cnò-chòmhlach (“hazel double nut”)
  • cnò-dharaich (“oak apple; acorn”)
  • cnò-gheanmnaidh (“chestnut”)
  • cnò-Ghreugach
  • cnò-leana (“marsh-cinquefoil”)
  • cnò-mheannt (“nutmeg”)
  • cnò-Shamhna (“Hallowe'en nut”)
  • cnò-shearbh (“filbert”)
  • cnò-spuinge (“molucca-nut”)
  • cnò-thalmhainn (“earth-nut”)
  • coille-chnò (“hazel-wood”)
  • gall-chnò (“walnut”)

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Scouller, Alastair (2017) The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 112

Etymology 2

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Adjective

cnò

  1. famous
  2. excellent
  3. gruff

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cnò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Mutation of cnò
radical lenition
cnò chnò

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

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