comparáid

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Alteration of Old Irish comparit,[2] from Latin comparātiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

comparáid f (genitive singular comparáide, nominative plural comparáidí)

  1. (linguistics, etc.) comparison
  2. parallel (something identical or similar in essential respects)

Declension

Declension of comparáid (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative comparáid comparáidí
vocative a chomparáid a chomparáidí
genitive comparáide comparáidí
dative comparáid comparáidí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chomparáid na comparáidí
genitive na comparáide na gcomparáidí
dative leis an gcomparáid
don chomparáid 		leis na comparáidí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of comparáid
radical lenition eclipsis
comparáid chomparáid gcomparáid

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

References

  1. ^ “comparáid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comparit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117

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