cónaí

Irish

Alternative forms

• comhnaidhe, cómhnaidhe, comhnaighe, cómhnaighe, comhnuidhe, cómhnuidhe, comhnuighe, cómhnuighe, cómhnuí (superseded) (both noun and verb form)

Etymology

From Old Irish comnaide. Compare Scottish Gaelic còmhnaidh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /koːˈn̪ˠiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːnˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkõːnˠĩ/

Noun

cónaí m (genitive singular cónaithe, nominative plural cónaithe)

1. home, residence, abode
2. dwelling, domicile
3. resting place
4. verbal noun of cónaigh

   Tá mé i mo chónaí i mBaile Átha Cliath. ― I live in Dublin.

   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:

     Bhí Áindrías an Ime na chomhnaidhe i mBaile ui Mún i nGleann an Bhaile Dhuibh.

     Áindrías of the Butter lived in Ballymoon in Gleann an Bhaile Dhuibh.

Declension

Declension of cónaí (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cónaí cónaithe vocative a chónaí a chónaithe genitive cónaithe cónaithe dative cónaí cónaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cónaí na cónaithe genitive an chónaithe na gcónaithe dative leis an gcónaí don chónaí leis na cónaithe

Derived terms

• buanchónaí (“permanent abode”)
• i gcónaí (“always; continually; constantly; yet, still; ever”)
• scoil chónaithe (“boarding school”)

Related terms

• cónaigh (“live (in, at), reside; dwell, abide; rest”)

Verb

cónaí

1. present subjunctive analytic of cónaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cónaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cónaí	chónaí	gcónaí

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comnaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coṁnuiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 177
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cónaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cónaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cónaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• “cónaí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy