comhairle

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish comairle (advice, counsel, council).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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comhairle f (genitive singular comhairle, nominative plural comhairlí or comhairleacha)

  1. (piece of) advice, counsel; direction, influence
  2. council

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
comhairle chomhairle gcomhairle
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comairle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 169, page 86
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 226, page 83

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish comairle (advice, counsel, council).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔ̃.ərˠʎə/

Noun

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comhairle f (genitive singular comhairle, plural comhairlean)

  1. advice
  2. council

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
comhairle chomhairle
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comairle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “comhairle”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN