comhluadar

Irish

Etymology

From comh- +‎ luadar.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kõːˈl̪ˠuəd̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːlˠuəd̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːlˠuəd̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

comhluadar m (genitive singular comhluadar, nominative plural comhluadair)

1. (social) company
2. party (group of people travelling or attending an event together)

   D’imigh an comhluadar

   The party departed.

3. family, household

   An bhfuil an comhluadar ar fad go maith?

   Are all the family well?

Declension

Declension of comhluadar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative comhluadar vocative a chomhluadair genitive comhluadair dative comhluadar forms with the definite article singular nominative an comhluadar genitive an chomhluadair dative leis an gcomhluadar don chomhluadar

Derived terms

• comhluadrach
• comhluadracht
• i gcomhluadar
• déan comhluadar le
• coinnigh comhluadar le

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhluadar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhluadar	chomhluadar	gcomhluadar

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cóṁluadar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 239; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comhluadar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN