coirneach

== Irish == === Alternative forms === cairneach cáirneach, cairnech, cóirneach (obsolete) === Etymology === From corann +‎ -ach. === Adjective === coirneach (genitive singular masculine coirnigh, genitive singular feminine coirní, plural coirneacha, not comparable) tonsured ==== Declension ==== === Noun === coirneach m (genitive singular coirnigh, nominative plural coirnigh) tonsured person, monk, friar osprey ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (osprey): iascaire coirneach, ospróg === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cairnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cóirneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 167 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coirneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN