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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish comrád, equivalent to comh- + rá.
Pronunciation
Noun
comhrá m (genitive singular comhrá, nominative plural comhráite or comhráití)
- conversation
Declension
- Alternative plural: comhráití (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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comhrá
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chomhrá
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gcomhrá
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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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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhrá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cóṁráḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 178
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “comrád”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “comhrá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “comhrá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.