Cormac

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish, from Old Irish Cormac.

Proper noun

Cormac

  1. A male given name from Irish.

Translations

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
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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.
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