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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish comard, from Old Irish comard, with irregularly appearing -n-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
còmhnard
- level, plain, even, equal, smooth, flat
- rathad còmhnard ― a level road
- siùil còmhnard ― equal sails
Antonyms
Noun
còmhnard m (genitive singular còmhnaird, plural còmhnardan)
- plain
- level ground, field
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| còmhnard |
chòmhnard
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “còmhnard”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC