comharsa
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish comarsa f (“neighbour; neighbourhood”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkõːɾˠsˠə/[1], /ˈkũːɾˠsˠə/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkuːɾˠsˠə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkõːɾˠsˠə/[3]
Noun[edit]
comharsa f (genitive singular comharsan, nominative plural comharsana or comharsain)
Usage notes[edit]
- Always grammatically feminine, regardless of the gender of the neighbour in question.
Declension[edit]
Declension of comharsa
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural forms: comharsanna (Cois Fharraige); comharsain
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| comharsa | chomharsa | gcomharsa |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “comarsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coṁarsa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 173
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comharsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “comharsa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “comharsa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.