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cófra

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Irish

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cófra

Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cofre,[1] from Latin cophinus (basket), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, basket).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cófra m (genitive singular cófra, nominative plural cófraí)

  1. chest (strong box)
  2. cupboard

Declension

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Declension of cófra (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cófra cófraí
vocative a chófra a chófraí
genitive cófra cófraí
dative cófra cófraí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cófra na cófraí
genitive an chófra na gcófraí
dative leis an gcófra
don chófra
leis na cófraí

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cófra
radical lenition eclipsis
cófra chófra gcófra

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cófra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 15

Further reading

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