cnò

See also: cnó, CNO, and cno

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [kɾõː]
• (Colonsay) IPA^(key): [kruʔu]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cnú, from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

Noun

cnò f (genitive singular cnò or cnotha or cnòtha, plural cnòthan)

1. nut (seed; fastener)
2. filbert
3. shell of a species of cockle

Derived terms

• cnò challtainn (“hazelnut”)
• cnò Fhrangach (“walnut”)
• cnò-almoin (“almond”)
• cnò-bhachaill
• cnò-bhachair (“acorn; molucca bean”)
• cnò-bhainne (“milk-nut”)
• cnò-bhreac (“snail's shell”)
• cnò-chanaich (“quince”)
• cnò-chaoch (“empty nut”)
• cnò-chòmhlach (“hazel double nut”)
• cnò-dharaich (“oak apple; acorn”)
• cnò-gheanmnaidh (“chestnut”)
• cnò-Ghreugach
• cnò-leana (“marsh-cinquefoil”)
• 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”)

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

cnò

1. famous
2. excellent
3. gruff

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cnò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Mutation of cnò

radical	lenition
cnò	chnò

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.