comhartha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish comarde (“sign, characteristic”).[1] Cognate with Welsh cyfarwydd (“instruction, expert”).

Pronunciation

Noun

comhartha m (genitive singular comhartha, nominative plural comharthaí)

  1. sign, mark, symbol
  2. signal
  3. symptom
  4. indication, omen
  5. token

Declension

Declension of comhartha (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative comhartha comharthaí
vocative a chomhartha a chomharthaí
genitive comhartha comharthaí
dative comhartha comharthaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an comhartha na comharthaí
genitive an chomhartha na gcomharthaí
dative leis an gcomhartha
don chomhartha 		leis na comharthaí

Derived terms

  • comhartha na croise
  • comharthach
  • comharthaí
  • comharthaigh
  • dea-chomhartha

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhartha
radical lenition eclipsis
comhartha chomhartha gcomhartha

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

References

References
  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comartha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 240, page 121
  3. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, § 671 (c), page 359
  4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 307, page 59
  5. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 84, page 20
  6. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 457, page 126
  7. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 36, page 17

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