comórtas

Irish

Alternative forms

• commórthas, commórtus, comortas, comortus, comórtus, cumórtus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish commórad (“comparing”), verbal noun of commóraid (“to celebrate”) (from com- + móraid (“to magnify”)) + -tas.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈmˠoːɾˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔmˠoːɾˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɤmˠɔɾˠt̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

comórtas m (genitive singular comórtais, nominative plural comórtais)

1. comparison
2. competition

Declension

Declension of comórtas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative comórtas comórtais vocative a chomórtais a chomórtasa genitive comórtais comórtas dative comórtas comórtais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an comórtas na comórtais genitive an chomórtais na gcomórtas dative leis an gcomórtas don chomórtas leis na comórtais

Mutation

Mutated forms of comórtas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comórtas	chomórtas	gcomórtas

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), “commórtas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “comórtas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “comórtas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 177
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comórtas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN