compordach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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compord (“comfort”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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compordach (genitive singular masculine compordaigh, genitive singular feminine compordaí, plural compordacha, comparative compordaí)

  1. comfortable (providing physical comfort and ease)

Declension

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Declension of compordach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative compordach chompordach compordacha;
chompordacha²
Vocative chompordaigh compordacha
Genitive compordaí compordacha compordach
Dative compordach;
chompordach¹ 		chompordach;
chompordaigh (archaic) 		compordacha;
chompordacha²
Comparative níos compordaí
Superlative is compordaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
compordach chompordach gcompordach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 189

Further reading

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