còmhrag

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish comrac (meeting, encounter). Cognate with Welsh cyfrang (rencounter) and Lithuanian rinkti (gather, assemble).

Pronunciation

Noun

còmhrag f (genitive singular còmhraig or còmhraige, plural còmhragan)

  1. conflict, combat, fight

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of còmhrag
radical lenition
còmhrag chòmhrag

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

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “còmhrag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN