cóngarach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish comgarach (“near, convenient”), from comgar (“proximity, nearness”). By surface analysis, cóngar +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cóngarach (genitive singular masculine cóngaraigh, genitive singular feminine cóngaraí, plural cóngaracha, comparative cóngaraí)

  1. near, convenient
  2. terse, witty

Declension

Declension of cóngarach
Singular Plural (m/f)
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.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cóngarach chóngarach gcóngarach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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