comhartha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish comarde (sign, characteristic). Cognate with Welsh cyfarwydd (instruction, expert).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkoːɾˠhə/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkoːɾˠhə/, /ˈkuːɾˠhə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkõhəɾˠə/[1]

Noun

comhartha m (genitive singular comhartha, nominative plural comharthaí)

  1. sign, mark, symbol
  2. signal
  3. symptom
  4. indication, omen
  5. token
  6. notice, heed

Declension

Derived terms

  • comhartha na croise
  • comharthach
  • comharthaí
  • comharthaigh
  • dea-chomhartha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
comhartha chomhartha gcomhartha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17

Further reading

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