cónra

Irish

Alternative forms

• cónair, comhra, cómhra

Etymology

From Old Irish comrar.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːɾˠhə/, (Cork and Kerry) IPA^(key): [ˈkoːɾˠhə] (as if comhartha, presumably a confusion of comhra and comhartha)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːɾˠə/ (from comhra)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkõːnəɾʲ/ (from comhnair)

Noun

cónra f (genitive singular cónra or cónrann or cónrach, nominative plural cónraí or cónranna or cónracha)

1. coffin, casket

Declension

Standard inflection (fourth declension):

Declension of cónra (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cónra cónraí vocative a chónra a chónraí genitive cónra cónraí dative cónra cónraí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chónra na cónraí genitive na cónra na gcónraí dative leis an gcónra don chónra leis na cónraí

Alternative inflection (fifth declension n-stem):

Declension of cónra (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cónra cónranna vocative a chónra a chónranna genitive cónrann cónrann dative cónra cónrainn (archaic, dialectal) cónranna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chónra na cónranna genitive na cónrann na gcónrann dative leis an gcónra leis an gcónrainn (archaic, dialectal) don chónra don chónrainn (archaic, dialectal) leis na cónranna

Alternative inflection (fifth declension k-stem):

Declension of cónra (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cónra cónracha vocative a chónra a chónracha genitive cónrach cónrach dative cónra cónraigh (archaic, dialectal) cónracha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chónra na cónracha genitive na cónrach na gcónrach dative leis an gcónra leis an gcónraigh (archaic, dialectal) don chónra don chónraigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na cónracha

Mutation

Mutated forms of cónra

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cónra	chónra	gcónra

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), “comrar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cóṁra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 178
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cónra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN