comhartha

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish comarde (“sign, characteristic”). Cognate with Welsh cyfarwydd (“instruction, expert”).

Pronunciation

Noun

comhartha m (genitive singular comhartha, nominative plural comharthaí)

  1. sign, mark, symbol
  2. signal
  3. symptom
  4. indication, omen
  5. token
  6. notice, heed

Declension

Declension of comhartha (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative comhartha comharthaí
vocative a chomhartha a chomharthaí
genitive comhartha comharthaí
dative comhartha comharthaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an comhartha na comharthaí
genitive an chomhartha na gcomharthaí
dative leis an gcomhartha
don chomhartha 		leis na comharthaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhartha
radical lenition eclipsis
comhartha chomhartha gcomhartha

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 240, page 121
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 36, page 17

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