cnapánach

Irish

Alternative forms

• cnaipíneach

Etymology

From cnapán (“lump”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cnapánach (genitive singular masculine cnapánaigh, genitive singular feminine cnapánaí, plural cnapánacha, comparative cnapánaí)

1. lumpy
2. gnarled, rugged

Declension

Declension of cnapánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cnapánach	chnapánach	cnapánacha; chnapánacha²
Vocative	chnapánaigh		cnapánacha
Genitive		cnapánaí	cnapánacha	cnapánach
Dative	cnapánach; chnapánach¹	chnapánach; chnapánaigh (archaic)	cnapánacha; chnapánacha²
Comparative	níos cnapánaí
Superlative	is cnapánaí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cnapánach	chnapánach	gcnapánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnapánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnapánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cnapánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024