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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman counté, from Latin comitātus, from comes (“count”). Akin to English county.
Pronunciation
Noun
contae m (genitive singular contae, nominative plural contaetha)
- county
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| contae
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chontae
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gcontae
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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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “contae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “conntae”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 181
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “contae”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN