comhroinn

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish comrann. By surface analysis, comh- +‎ roinn.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɨ̞vʲɾʲən̪ˠ/ (as if spelled coimhreann)

Noun

comhroinn f (genitive singular comhroinne, nominative plural comhranna)

  1. portion, division, share

Declension

Declension of comhroinn (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative comhroinn comhranna
vocative a chomhroinn a chomhranna
genitive comhroinne comhranna
dative comhroinn comhranna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chomhroinn na comhranna
genitive na comhroinne na gcomhranna
dative leis an gcomhroinn
don chomhroinn 		leis na comhranna

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhroinn
radical lenition eclipsis
comhroinn chomhroinn gcomhroinn

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comrann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39

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