cnes

See also: CNES

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲnʲes]

Noun

cnes m (genitive cnis)

1. skin, surface
2. body, flesh

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cnes	cnesL	cnisL
Vocative	cnis	cnesL	cnisuH
Accusative	cnesN	cnesL	cnisuH
Genitive	cnisL	cnes	cnesN
Dative	cnesL	cnesaib	cnesaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cnes
  • Irish: cneas
  • Scottish Gaelic: cneas

Mutation

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language