# cnoc
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”). Distantly cognate with English neck. Compare Breton krec'h.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: (Cork, Kerry) /kn̪ˠuk/, /kn̪ˠɞk/, (Waterford) /kəˈn̪ˠuk/
* (Connacht) IPA: /knɞk/, /knok/, /knuk/; /kɾˠɞk/, /kɾˠok/, /kɾˠuk/
* (Ulster) IPA: /kɾˠʌk/

### Noun

cnoc m (genitive singular cnoic, nominative plural cnoic)
* hill, mount
    Is glas na cnoic i bhfad uainn. (proverb)Distant prospects can be deceptively alluring.(literally, “Hills far from us are green.”)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cnoc
cnoic
vocative
a chnoic
a chnoca
genitive
cnoic
cnoc
dative
cnoc
cnoic
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an cnoc
na cnoic
genitive
an chnoic
na gcnoc
dative
leis an gcnoc don chnoc
leis na cnoic :

#### Derived terms

* cnoc ailse (“malignant tumour”)
* Cnoc Airéis (“Areopagus”)
* cnoc brád (“swollen gland”)
* cnoc farraige (“huge wave”)
* cnoc oighir (“iceberg”)
* cnocach (“hilly”, adjective)
* cnocadóir m (“hillman, hillclimber”)
* cnocaire m (“hillman, hillclimber”)
* cnocán m (“hillock; heap”)
* dronn cnoic m (“hogback”)
* milleadh cnoic m (“louping ill”)
* tae an chnoic m (“(drink prepared from) heart’s-ease”)
* urchar cnoic m (“‘fairy dart’, louping-ill”)

#### Descendants

* → Yola: knaugh, knough, knock

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnocc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 77, page 22; reprinted 1988
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 36, page 20
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 136, page 71
* ↑ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 227, page 47
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 156
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 134, page 28
* ↑ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 133, page 27
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 23, page 12

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnoc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”).

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /kʰɾõʰk/
* (Uist, Barra) IPA: /kʰɾɔ̃xk/, [kʰɾɔ̝̃xk]

### Noun

cnoc m (genitive singular cnuic, plural cnuic)
* hill, hillock, knoll, eminence
    Cha rachainn gu cùl cnuic leis aig meadhon latha. ― I would not go with him behind a hill at mid-day.
    An latha bhatar a' roinn na céille, cha robh mi fhéin air a' chnoc. ― The day that sense was apportioned, I myself was not on the hillock.
* heel kibe
* council, court
* wisdom

#### Synonyms

* monadh
* sliabh

#### Derived terms

* cuirm-chnuic (“picnic”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cnocc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “cnoc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English knock. Doublet of cnwc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /knɔk/
* Rhymes: -ɔk

### Noun

cnoc m or f (plural cnociau)
* knock

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cnoc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies