cnoga

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cnuga, crioga, croga, crunga[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknˠuɡə/[2]

Noun

cnoga m (genitive singular cnoga, nominative plural cnogaí)

  1. (nautical) thole, tholepin (pin for oars)
  2. (electronics) head (machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals)

Declension

Declension of cnoga (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cnoga cnogaí
vocative a chnoga a chnogaí
genitive cnoga cnogaí
dative cnoga cnogaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cnoga na cnogaí
genitive an chnoga na gcnogaí
dative leis an gcnoga
don chnoga 		leis na cnogaí

Derived terms

  • cnoga léite (“read head”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnoga
radical lenition eclipsis
cnoga chnoga gcnoga

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

References

  1. ^ “cnoga”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 279

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “croga”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 197
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnoga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “cnoga”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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