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cnoc
cnoc
Irish
Noun
cnoc m (genitive singular cnoic, nominative plural cnoic)
Declension
Declension of cnoc
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. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knokkos (“hill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾɔ̃ʰk/
Noun
cnoc m (genitive singular cnuic, plural cnuic)
- 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.
- heel kibe
- council, court
- wisdom
Derived terms
- cuirm-chnuic (“picnic”)
Synonyms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9