cnaipe
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cnap, borrowed from Old Norse knappr or Old English cnæp.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Aran) IPA(key): /ˈknˠapʲə/
- (Connemara, Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠapʲə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠɨ̞pʲə/[1] (as if spelled cnuipe)
Noun
cnaipe m (genitive singular cnaipe, nominative plural cnaipí)
- button
- bead
- stud
- (computing) button or key on a keyboard
Declension
Declension of cnaipe
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- beacán cnaipe (“button mushroom”)
- cnaipeadóir (“button-maker”)
- cnaipe sosa (“pause button”)
- cnaipín (“small button”)
- crúca cnaipe (“button-hook”)
- muisiriún cnaipe (“button mushroom”)
- poll cnaipe (“button-hole”)
- stadchnaipe (“pause button”)
Related terms
- cnap (“knob”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cnaipe | chnaipe | gcnaipe |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cnaipe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnap”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cnaipe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 155
- Greene, David (1973), “The influence of Scandinavian on Irish”, in Bo Almqvist & David Greene, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75–82
- Entries containing “cnaipe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cnaipe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.