cnotach

Irish

Etymology

From cnota (“knot, cockade”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cnotach (genitive singular masculine cnotaigh, genitive singular feminine cnotaí, plural cnotacha, comparative cnotaí)

1. knotted, cockaded

Declension

Declension of cnotach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cnotach	chnotach	cnotacha; chnotacha2
vocative	chnotaigh		cnotacha
genitive		cnotaí	cnotacha	cnotach
dative	cnotach; chnotach1	chnotach; chnotaigh (archaic)	cnotacha; chnotacha2
Comparative	níos cnotaí
Superlative	is cnotaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnotach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cnotach	chnotach	gcnotach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnotach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡snɔ.tax/
• Rhymes: -ɔtax
• Syllabification: cno‧tach

Noun

cnotach f

1. locative plural of cnota