còmhrag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish comrac (“meeting, encounter”). Cognate with Welsh cyfrang (“rencounter”) and Lithuanian rinkti (“gather, assemble”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔ̃ːɾak/

Noun

còmhrag f (genitive singular còmhraig or còmhraige, plural còmhragan)

  1. conflict, combat, fight

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of còmhrag
radical lenition
còmhrag chòmhrag

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

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “còmhrag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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