coirneach

Irish

Alternative forms

• cairneach
• cáirneach, cairnech, cóirneach (obsolete)

Etymology

From corann +‎ -ach.

Adjective

coirneach (genitive singular masculine coirnigh, genitive singular feminine coirní, plural coirneacha, not comparable)

1. tonsured

Declension

Declension of coirneach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	coirneach	choirneach	coirneacha; choirneacha2
vocative	choirnigh		coirneacha
genitive		coirní	coirneacha	coirneach
dative	coirneach; choirneach1	choirneach; choirnigh (archaic)	coirneacha; choirneacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Noun

coirneach m (genitive singular coirnigh, nominative plural coirnigh)

1. tonsured person, monk, friar
2. osprey

Declension

Declension of coirneach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coirneach coirnigh vocative a choirnigh a choirneacha genitive coirnigh coirneach dative coirneach coirnigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an coirneach na coirnigh genitive an choirnigh na gcoirneach dative leis an gcoirneach don choirneach leis na coirnigh

Synonyms

• (osprey): iascaire coirneach, ospróg

Mutation

Mutated forms of coirneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coirneach	choirneach	gcoirneach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cairnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cóirneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 167
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coirneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN