cón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "con"

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cone.

Noun

cón m (genitive singular cóin, nominative plural cóin)

1. (geometry) cone

Declension

Declension of cón

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cón cóin Vocative a chóin a chóna Genitive cóin cón Dative cón cóin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cón na cóin Genitive an chóin na gcón Dative leis an gcón don chón leis na cóin

Derived terms

• cón solais (“light cone”)
• cón tráchta (“traffic cone”)
• cón túise (“incense cone”)
• cón uachtar reoite (“ice cream cone”)
• cónach (“conic”, adjective)
• cónacháin m pl (“conics”)
• cónacht (“conicity”)
• cónchill
• cónúil (“conical”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cón	chón	gcón
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024