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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cnotach	chnotach	gcnotach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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