cainnenn

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kasnīnā, cognate to Welsh cennin.

Attested in the Críth Gablach.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka.n̠ʲən̪/
- (Blasse) [ˈka.n̠ʲen̪]
- (Griffith) [ˈka.n̠ʲən̪]

Noun

cainnenn f

garlic, leek

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cainnenn^L	cainninn^L	cainnenna^H
vocative	cainnenn^L	cainninn^L	cainnenna^H
accusative	cainninn^N	cainninn^L	cainnenna^H
genitive	cainninne^H	cainnenn^L	cainnenn^N
dative	cainninn^L	cainnennaib	cainnennaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: cainnind
- Irish: cainneann

Mutation

Mutation of *cainnenn*
radical	lenition	nasalization
cainnenn	chainnenn	cainnenn pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old 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), “cainnenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language