cnoc

cnoc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knokkos (“hill”). Distantly cognate with English neck.

Pronunciation

• (Cork, Kerry) IPA^(key): /kn̪ˠʊk/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /knɔk/
• (Cois Fharraige, Mayo) IPA^(key): /kɾˠʊk/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠʌk/

Noun

cnoc m (genitive singular cnoic, nominative plural cnoic)

1. hill, mount

   Is glas na cnoic i bhfad uainn. (proverb)

   Distant prospects can be deceptively alluring.

   (literally, “Distant hills look green.”)

Declension

Declension of cnoc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cnoc cnoic Vocative a chnoic a chnoca Genitive cnoic cnoc Dative cnoc cnoic

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cnoc na cnoic Genitive an chnoic na gcnoc Dative leis an gcnoc don chnoc leis na cnoic

Derived terms

• cnocach (“hilly”, adjective)
• cnocadóir m (“hillman, hillclimber”)
• cnoc ailse (“malignant tumour”)
• cnocaire m (“hillman, hillclimber”)
• Cnoc Airéis (“Areopagus”)
• cnocán m (“hillock; heap”)
• cnoc brád (“swollen gland”)
• cnoc farraige (“huge wave”)
• cnoc oighir (“iceberg”)
• dronn cnoic m (“hogback”)
• milleadh cnoic m (“louping ill”)
• tae an chnoic m (“(drink prepared from) heart’s-ease”)
• urchar cnoic m (“‘fairy dart’, louping-ill”)

 

Descendants

• → Yola: knaugh, knough, knock

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cnoc	chnoc	gcnoc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cnoc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnocc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 12
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knokkos (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɾɔ̃xk/

Noun

cnoc m (genitive singular cnuic, plural cnuic)

1. hill, hillock, knoll, eminence

   Cha rachainn gu cùl cnuic leis aig meadhon latha. ― I would not go with him behind a hill at mid-day.

   An latha bhatar a' roinn na céille, cha robh mi fhéin air a' chnoc. ― The day that sense was apportioned, I myself was not on the hillock.

2. heel kibe
3. council, court
4. wisdom

Synonyms

• monadh
• sliabh

Derived terms

• cuirm-chnuic (“picnic”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cnoc	chnoc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “cnoc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnocc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language