comhroinn

Irish

Alternative forms
  • cómhroinn

Etymology

From Old Irish comrann.[1] By surface analysis, comh- +‎ roinn.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɨ̞vʲɾʲən̪ˠ/[2] (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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative comhroinn comhranna
Vocative a chomhroinn a chomhranna
Genitive comhroinne comhranna
Dative comhroinn comhranna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chomhroinn na comhranna
Genitive na comhroinne na gcomhranna
Dative leis an gcomhroinn

don chomhroinn

 leis na comhranna

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
comhroinn chomhroinn gcomhroinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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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