Scottish Gaelic
Noun
cnò f (genitive singular cnò or cnotha or cnòtha, plural cnòthan)
- nut (seed; fastener)
- filbert
- shell of a species of cockle
Derived terms
Terms derived from cnò
- 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”)
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- 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”)
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- 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”)
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Etymology 2
Adjective
cnò
- famous
- excellent
- gruff
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
- “cnú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.