conairt

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish conairt, cúanairt, a derivative of cú (“dog, hound”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn̪ˠəɾˠtʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊnˠəɾˠtʲ/, /ˈkʊn̪ˠəɾˠtʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌnˠəɾˠtʲ/, /ˈkʌn̪ˠəɾˠtʲ/[3]

Noun

conairt f (genitive singular conairte, nominative plural conairteacha)

  1. (collective) dogs, hounds
  2. pack of dogs, kennel
  3. wolfpack

Declension

Declension of conairt (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative conairt conairteacha
vocative a chonairt a chonairteacha
genitive conairte conairteacha
dative conairt conairteacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chonairt na conairteacha
genitive na conairte na gconairteacha
dative leis an gconairt
don chonairt 		leis na conairteacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of conairt
radical lenition eclipsis
conairt chonairt gconairt

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

References

  1. ^ “conairt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cúana(i)rt, cona(i)rt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

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