gnó

See also: gno

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gnó,[1] from the root of Proto-Celtic *gniyeti (compare gníid), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡn̪ˠoː/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡnˠoː/, /ɡnˠuː/[3]; /ɡɾˠoː/, /ɡɾˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠẽːhə/[4] (corresponding to gnaithe and graithe)

Noun

gnó m (genitive singular gnó or gnótha, nominative plural gnóthaí or gnótha)

  1. business; matter, concern
  2. business (commercial enterprise or establishment)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gnó.

Declension

Declension of gnó (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gnó gnóthaí
vocative a ghnó a ghnóthaí
genitive gnó gnóthaí
dative gnó gnóthaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gnó na gnóthaí
genitive an ghnó na ngnóthaí
dative leis an ngnó
don ghnó
leis na gnóthaí
  • Alternative genitive singular and strong plural form: gnótha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gnó
radical lenition eclipsis
gnó ghnó ngnó

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gnó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 215, page 110
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 66

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “gnó”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 555; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gnó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN