concná

Old Irish

Etymology

From com- + Proto-Celtic *knāyeti. A hapax legomenon only found once in the folk-etymological glossary Sanas Cormaic, made c. 900.

Verb

con·cná (verbal noun cocnam)

  1. (hapax) to chew
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from Bodleian MS Laud 610, Corm. La 2
      Con·cná in fili mír do charnu dirg muice ł chon no chaitt ⁊ da·bir iarum for licc iar cul na comlad ⁊ di·chain dichetal fair...
      The poet chews on a piece of flesh from a red pig, a dog, or a cat, and puts it afterwards on the flag[stone] behind the door, and recites an incantation on it...

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: con·cnaí, cocnaid
    • Irish: cogain
    • Scottish Gaelic: cagainn
    • Manx: caigney (verbal noun)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
con·cná con·chná con·cná
pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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