Cormac

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish, from Old Irish Cormac.

Proper noun

Cormac

1. A male given name from Irish.

Related terms

• Cormack
• Cormick

Translations

male given name

• Icelandic: Kormákur (is)
• Irish: Cormac

Anagrams

• comcar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Cormac, older Corbmac (see the Old Irish entry).

Proper noun

Cormac m (genitive Chormaic)

1. a male given name from Old Irish

Declension

Declension of Cormac

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Cormac Vocative a Chormaic Genitive Cormaic Dative Cormac

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an Cormac Genitive an Chormaic Dative leis an gCormac don Chormac

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Cormac	Chormac	gCormac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• Corbmac

Etymology

From older Corbmac, from corb (possibly meaning “raven” or “wheel” or “chariot”) + macc (“son”). For the first element see carbad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkormak/

Proper noun

Cormac m

1. a male given name

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Cormac	—	—
Vocative	Cormaic	—	—
Accusative	CormacN	—	—
Genitive	CormaicL	—	—
Dative	CormacL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• → Old Norse: Kormákr

Mutation

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