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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Declension of comhairle (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative comhairle comhairlí
vocative a chomhairle a chomhairlí
genitive comhairle comhairlí
dative comhairle comhairlí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chomhairle na comhairlí
genitive na comhairle na gcomhairlí
dative leis an gcomhairle
don chomhairle
leis na comhairlí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of comhairle
radical lenition eclipsis
comhairle chomhairle gcomhairle

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), “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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Mutation of comhairle
radical lenition
comhairle chomhairle

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
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), “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