See also: conn and Conn.

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish Conn.

Proper noun edit

Conn m (genitive Choinn)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish used in Ireland
  2. (historical) Conn Céadchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles), a semi-mythical medieval High King of Ireland

Derived terms edit

  • Cró Choinn (Conn's fold) (name for Ireland)
  • Connachta (Connacht) (one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Conn Chonn gConn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

Related to Conall, from Proto-Celtic *Kunowalos.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Conn m

  1. a male given name used in Ireland
  2. (historical) Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles), a semi-mythical medieval High King of Ireland

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Conn
Vocative Cuinn
Accusative ConnN
Genitive CuinnL
Dative ConnL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms edit

  • Connachta (Connacht) (one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland)

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Conn Chonn Conn
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.