comhrá

See also: comhra and cómhra

Irish

Alternative forms

  • comhrádh, cómhrádh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish comrád.[1] By surface analysis, comh- +‎ rá.

Pronunciation

Noun

comhrá m (genitive singular comhrá, nominative plural comhráite or comhráití)

  1. conversation

Declension

Declension of comhrá (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative comhrá comhráite
vocative a chomhrá a chomhráite
genitive comhrá comhráite
dative comhrá comhráite
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an comhrá na comhráite
genitive an chomhrá na gcomhráite
dative leis an gcomhrá
don chomhrá 		leis na comhráite

Derived terms

  • comhráiteach (“conversationalist”)
  • mionchomhrá (“small talk”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhrá
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

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comrád”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 159
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 18

Further reading

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