coirnéad

coirnéad

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cornet, diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).

Noun

coirnéad m (genitive singular coirnéid, nominative plural coirnéid)

1. (music) cornet

Declension

Declension of coirnéad

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative coirnéad coirnéid Vocative a choirnéid a choirnéada Genitive coirnéid coirnéad Dative coirnéad coirnéid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an coirnéad na coirnéid Genitive an choirnéid na gcoirnéad Dative leis an gcoirnéad don choirnéad leis na coirnéid

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coirnéad	choirnéad	gcoirnéad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "coirnéad" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.