cnaipe

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cnap, borrowed from Old Norse knappr and/or Old English cnæp. Doublet of cnap.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈknˠapʲə/
• (Connemara, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠapʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɨ̞pʲə/ (as if spelled cnuipe); /ˈkɾˠɛpʲə/ (as if spelled cnoipe)

Noun

cnaipe m (genitive singular cnaipe, nominative plural cnaipí)

1. button
2. bead
3. stud
4. (computing) button or key on a keyboard

Declension

Declension of cnaipe

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cnaipe cnaipí Vocative a chnaipe a chnaipí Genitive cnaipe cnaipí Dative cnaipe cnaipí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cnaipe na cnaipí Genitive an chnaipe na gcnaipí Dative leis an gcnaipe don chnaipe leis na cnaipí

Derived terms

• beacán cnaipe (“button mushroom”)
• cnaipe sosa (“pause button”)
• cnaipeadóir (“button-maker”)
• cnaipín (“small button”)
• crúca cnaipe (“button-hook”)
• muisiriún cnaipe (“button mushroom”)
• poll cnaipe (“button-hole”)
• stadchnaipe (“pause button”)

 

Related terms

• cnap (“knob”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cnaipe	chnaipe	gcnaipe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnaipe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cnaipe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 155
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnaipe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cnaipe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024