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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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cnag, a pin, knob, Ir. cnag; from the Eng. knag, a peg, Dan. knag, a peg, Sw. knagg, a knag.
cnàid, a scoff, Ir. cnáid:
cnàimh, bone, Ir. cnáimh, O. Ir. cnáim, *knâmi-s; Gr. κνήμη, leg; Eng. ham.
cnaimhseag, a pimple, bear-berry:
cnàmh, chew, digest, Ir. cnaoi, cnaoidhim, E. Ir. cnám, gnawing, W. cnoi; Gr. κνώδων, a tooth, κνάω, scrape; Lit. kandú, bite; Skr. khâd, chew. Root qnē, qen. Hence cnamhuin, gangarene.
cnàmhaiche, matured person (M'D.):
cnap, a knob, Ir. cnap, E. Ir. cnapp; from Norse knappr, a knob, M. Eng. knap. Hence also G. and Ir. cnap, a blow, Sc. knap, Eng. knappe, blow.
cnapach, a youngster; from cnap. But cf. Norse knapi, boy, varlet, Eng. knave.
†cnarra, a ship, Ir. cnarra; from Norse knörr, g. knarrar, Ag. S. cnear.
cnatan, a cold: *krod-to-; Ger. rotz, catarrh; Gr. κόρυζα (do.). Also cneatan.
cnead, a sigh, groan, so Ir., E. Ir., cnet; from the root can of can, say, sing.
cneadh, a wound, so Ir., E. Ir. cned, *knidâ; Gr. κνίζω, sting, κνίδη, nettle; Ag. S. hnítan, tundere. Cf. Teut. hnit, hit; Gr. κνιζω, stick, cut; cneidh-ghalar, painful complaint.
cneap, a button, bead; see cnap.
cneas, skin, waist, Ir. cneas, E. Ir. cnes; from cen of cionn, skin; see boicionn; Corn. knes, body, W. cnawd, human flesh.
cneasda, humane, modest, Ir. cneasda; from cen as in cineal, kin.
cnèatag, fir cone, shinty ball:
cneisne, slender (M'D.); from cneas.
cniadaich, caress, stroke:
cnò, a nut, Ir. cnó, O. Ir. cnú, W. cneuen, pl. cnau, Cor. cnyfan, Br. knaouenn, *knovâ; Norse, hnot, Ag. S. hnutu, Eng. nut, Ger. nuss.
cnoc, a hillock, Ir, cnoc, O. Ir. cnocc, O. Br. cnoch, tumulus, Br. kreac'h, krec'henn, hill, *knokko-; from knog-ko-, Norse, hnakki, nape of the neck, Ag. S. hnecca, necl, Eng. neck. Some have given the stem as *cunocco, and referred it to the root of Gaul. cuno-, high, W. cwn, height, root ku, be strong, great, as in curaidh, q.v. Cf. Ag. S. hnoll, O. H. G. hnol, vertex, head. See ceann.
cnòcaid, a young woman's hair bound up in a fillet. Founded on the Sc. cockernonny.
