From Old Irish comgarach (“near, convenient”), from comgar (“proximity, nearness”). By surface analysis, cóngar + -ach.
cóngarach (genitive singular masculine cóngaraigh, genitive singular feminine cóngaraí, plural cóngaracha, comparative cóngaraí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | cóngarach | chóngarach | cóngaracha; chóngaracha2 | |
vocative | chóngaraigh | cóngaracha | ||
genitive | cóngaraí | cóngaracha | cóngarach | |
dative | cóngarach; chóngarach1 |
chóngarach; chóngaraigh (archaic) |
cóngaracha; chóngaracha2 | |
Comparative | níos cóngaraí | |||
Superlative | is cóngaraí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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cóngarach | chóngarach | gcóngarach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.