cnò
See also: cnó, CNO, and cno
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- (Colonsay) IPA(key): [kruʔu][1]
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cnú, from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.
Noun
cnò f (genitive singular cnò or cnotha or cnòtha, plural cnòthan)
- nut (seed; fastener)
- filbert
- shell of a species of cockle
Derived terms
- cnò-almoin (“almond”)
- cnò-bhachaill
- cnò-bhachair (“acorn; molucca bean”)
- cnò-bhainne (“milk-nut”)
- cnò-bhreac (“snail's shell”)
- cnò challtainn (“hazelnut”)
- cnò-chanaich (“quince”)
- cnò-chaoch (“empty nut”)
- cnò-chòmhlach (“hazel double nut”)
- cnò-dharaich (“oak apple; acorn”)
- cnò Fhrangach (“walnut”)
- cnò-gheanmnaidh (“chestnut”)
- cnò-Ghreugach
- cnò-leana (“marsh-cinquefoil”)
- cnò-mheannt (“nutmeg”)
- cnò-Shamhna (“Hallowe'en nut”)
- cnò-shearbh (“filbert”)
- cnò-spuinge (“molucca-nut”)
- cnò-thalmhainn (“earth-nut”)
- coille-chnò (“hazel-wood”)
- gall-chnò (“walnut”)
References
- Scouller, Alastair: 2017, The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay, 112. PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
cnò
- famous
- excellent
- gruff
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “cnò”, 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), “cnú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cnò | chnò |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |