Conall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Conall, from Proto-Celtic *Kunowalos, from *kū (“dog, hound”) + *walos (“prince, chief”).

Proper noun

Conall m (genitive Chonaill)

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Conallach (“person named Mac Conaill/Nic Chonaill or Ó Conaill/Ní Chonaill”)
• Conallán
  • ⇒ Ó Conalláin
    • → English: Conlan
• Mac Conaill
  • English: McConnell
• Ó Conaill
• Tír Chonaill

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Conall	Chonall	gConall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *Kunowalos, from *kū (“dog, hound”) + *walos (“prince, chief”). Kun- is the oblique stem of *kū.

Proper noun

Conall m (genitive Conaill)

1. a male given name
   • Chronicon Scotorum, annal 637.2

     Cath Saeltire ria Conall Cael mac Maelcoba for Cinel nEogain in eodem die.

     Battle of Saeltire before Conall the slender, son of Maelcoba, over the people of Eogan, on the same day.

   • Annals of the Four Masters, annal 718.1

     Conall Menn, toisech Ceneoil Coirpre

     Conall the Stammerer, lord of the People of Cairbre

Derived terms

• Conallán
• Conallach

Related terms

• Conn

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Conall
  • Irish: Conall

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Conall	Chonall	Conall pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.