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cnaipe
cnaipe
Irish
Alternative forms
- cnap (“knob”)
Noun
cnaipe m (genitive singular cnaipe, nominative plural cnaipí)
Derived terms
- cnaipeadóir (“button-maker”)
- cnaipín (“small button”)
Declension
Declension of cnaipe
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| 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
- "cnaipe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “cnap” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “cnaipe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Greene, D. 1973 ‘The influence of Scandinavian on Irish’ in Bo Almqvist & David Greene (eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, pp. 75-82