comhrá
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish comrád.[1] By surface analysis, comh- + rá. Cognate with Middle Welsh kyfrawt.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /kõːˈɾˠɑː/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkoːɾˠɑː/[3]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkõːɾˠãː/[4], /ˈkõːɾˠɑ/[5]
Noun
[edit]comhrá m (genitive singular comhrá, nominative plural comhráite or comhráití)
Declension
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- Alternative plural: comhráití (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
[edit]- comhráiteach (“conversationalist”)
- mionchomhrá (“small talk”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| comhrá | chomhrá | gcomhrá |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comrád”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 185, page 54; reprinted 1988
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 159
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 18
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish][1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 19, page 11
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comhrá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cóṁráḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 178
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “comhrá”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “comhrá”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *Hreh₁dʰ-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms prefixed with comh-
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
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