coirnéad
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cornet, diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).
Noun
coirnéad m (genitive singular coirnéid, nominative plural coirnéid)
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| coirnéad | choirnéad | gcoirnéad |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coirnéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN