Cormac

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Irish, from Old Irish Cormac.

Proper noun

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Cormac

  1. A male given name from Irish.
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Translations

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Anagrams

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Irish

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Cormac m (genitive Chormaic)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish

Declension

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Declension of Cormac (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
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

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Mutated forms of Cormac
radical lenition eclipsis
Cormac Chormac gCormac

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cormac m

  1. a male given name

Inflection

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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

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  • Old Norse: Kormákr

Mutation

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Mutation of Cormac
radical lenition nasalization
Cormac Chormac Cormac
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.