cnocach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cnoccach (“hilly”). By surface analysis, cnoc +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cnocach (genitive singular masculine cnocaigh, genitive singular feminine cnocaí, plural cnocacha, comparative cnocaí)

1. hilly

Declension

Declension of cnocach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cnocach	chnocach	cnocacha; chnocacha²
Vocative	chnocaigh		cnocacha
Genitive		cnocaí	cnocacha	cnocach
Dative	cnocach; chnocach¹	chnocach; chnocaigh (archaic)	cnocacha; chnocacha²
Comparative	níos cnocaí
Superlative	is cnocaí

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

Noun

cnocach m (genitive singular cnocaigh, nominative plural cnocaigh)

1. a hilly place
   • c. 1634, Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn:

     Ard na nGeimhleach ré ráidhtear an Chnocach aniú

     "Ard na nGeaimhleach [High place of the Prisoners], which is now called An Chnocach [The Hilly Place])"

Declension

Declension of cnocach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cnocach cnocaigh Vocative a chnocaigh a chnocacha Genitive cnocaigh cnocach Dative cnocach cnocaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cnocach na cnocaigh Genitive an chnocaigh na gcnocach Dative leis an gcnocach don chnocach leis na cnocaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cnocach	chnocach	gcnocach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnocach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “cnocach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cnocach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.