cnoc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knokkos (“hill”). Distantly cognate with English neck.

Pronunciation

Noun

cnoc m (genitive singular cnoic, nominative plural cnoic)

  1. hill, mount
    Is glas na cnoic i bhfad uainn. (proverb)
    Distant prospects can be deceptively alluring.
    (literally, “Distant hills look green.”)

Declension
Declension of cnoc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cnoc cnoic
Vocative a chnoic a chnoca
Genitive cnoic cnoc
Dative cnoc cnoic

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cnoc na cnoic
Genitive an chnoic na gcnoc
Dative leis an gcnoc

don chnoc

 leis na cnoic

Derived terms
  • cnoc ailse (“malignant tumour”)
  • Cnoc Airéis (“Areopagus”)
  • cnoc brád (“swollen gland”)
  • cnoc farraige (“huge wave”)
  • cnoc oighir (“iceberg”)
  • cnocach (“hilly”, adjective)
  • cnocadóir m (“hillman, hillclimber”)
  • cnocaire m (“hillman, hillclimber”)
  • cnocán m (“hillock; heap”)
  • dronn cnoic m (“hogback”)
  • milleadh cnoic m (“louping ill”)
  • tae an chnoic m (“(drink prepared from) heart’s-ease”)
  • urchar cnoic m (“‘fairy dart’, louping-ill”)

Descendants
  • → Yola: knaugh, knough, knock

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.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knokkos (“hill”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰɾɔ̃xk/

Noun

cnoc m (genitive singular cnuic, plural cnuic)

  1. 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.
  2. heel kibe
  3. council, court
  4. wisdom

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cnocchnoc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “cnoc”, 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), “cnocc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English knock.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /knɔk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

cnoc m or f (plural cnociau)

  1. knock

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cnoc gnoc nghnoc chnoc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cnoc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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