gnó

See also: gno

Irish

Alternative forms

• gnaithe (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish gnó, from the root of Proto-Celtic *gniyeti (compare gníid), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡn̪ˠoː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡnˠoː/, /ɡnˠuː/; /ɡɾˠoː/, /ɡɾˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠẽːhə/ (as if spelled gnaetha)

Noun

gnó m (genitive singular gnó or gnótha, nominative plural gnóthaí or gnótha)

1. business; matter, concern
2. business (commercial enterprise or establishment)

Declension

Declension of gnó (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gnó gnóthaí vocative a ghnó a ghnóthaí genitive gnó gnóthaí dative gnó gnóthaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gnó na gnóthaí genitive an ghnó na ngnóthaí dative leis an ngnó don ghnó leis na gnóthaí

• Alternative genitive singular and strong plural form: gnótha

Quotations

• 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127:

  ńī ē šin mə ʒnō sə.

  [Ní hé sin mo ghnó-sa.]

  That’s none of my business.

• 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127:

  ńī mŭȧ lomsə bŭȧnc lē gnōhī dȳnə elə.

  [Ní maith liomsa baint le gnóthaí daoine eile.]

  I don't like interfering in other people’s business

• 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127:

  tōŕ æŕə gə də ʒnū hēn.

  [Tabhair aire do do ghnó féin.]

  Mind your own business.

• 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127:

  osklō myȷ gnō gə gȧrəȷ.

  [Osclóidh muid gnó go gairid.]

  We will open a business shortly.

Derived terms

• cárta gnó (“business card”)
• eitic ghnó (“business ethics”)
• gnóthach (“busy”, adjective)
• iarghnó

Mutation

Mutated forms of gnó

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gnó	ghnó	ngnó

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gnó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN