Irish
Etymology
From gall (“foreign”) + cnó (“nut”).
Noun
gallchnó m (genitive singular gallchnó, nominative plural gallchnónna)
- walnut
- Synonyms: cnó francach, cnó gallda
Declension
Declension of gallchnó (fourth declension)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of gallchnó
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lenition
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eclipsis
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ghallchnó
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ngallchnó
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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) “gallchnó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gallchnó”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gallchnó”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025