gnó

See also: gno

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gnó,[1] from the root of Proto-Celtic *gniyeti (compare gníid), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡn̪ˠoː/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡnˠoː/, /ɡnˠuː/[3]; /ɡɾˠoː/, /ɡɾˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠẽːhə/[4] (as if spelled gnaetha)

Noun

gnó m (genitive singular gnó or gnótha, nominative plural gnóthaí or gnótha)

  1. business; matter, concern
  2. business (commercial enterprise or establishment)

Declension

Declension of gnó (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gnó gnóthaí
vocative a ghnó a ghnóthaí
genitive gnó gnóthaí
dative gnó gnóthaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gnó na gnóthaí
genitive an ghnó na ngnóthaí
dative leis an ngnó
don ghnó 		leis na gnóthaí
  • Alternative genitive singular and strong plural form: gnótha

Quotations

  • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127:
    ńī ē šin mə ʒnō sə.
    [Ní hé sin mo ghnó-sa.]
    That’s none of my business.
  • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127:
    ńī mŭȧ lomsə bŭȧnc lē gnōhī dȳnə elə.
    [Ní maith liomsa baint le gnóthaí daoine eile.]
    I don't like interfering in other people’s business
  • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127:
    tōŕ æŕə gə də ʒnū hēn.
    [Tabhair aire do do ghnó féin.]
    Mind your own business.
  • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127:
    osklō myȷ gnō gə gȧrəȷ.
    [Osclóidh muid gnó go gairid.]
    We will open a business shortly.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gnó
radical lenition eclipsis
gnó ghnó ngnó

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gnó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 215, page 110
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 66

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