comhairle
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish comairle (“advice, counsel, council”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]comhairle f (genitive singular comhairle, nominative plural comhairlí or comhairleacha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of comhairle
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: comhairleacha
Derived terms
[edit]- ardchomhairle (“supreme council”)
- comhairleach (“advisory, consultative”, adjective)
- comhairleoir (“adviser, counsellor; councillor”)
- comhairligh (“advise, counsel; decide, resolve”, verb)
- dea-chomhairle (“good counsel”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comairle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 169, page 86
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 226, page 83
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhairle”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “comhairle”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “comhairle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish comairle (“advice, counsel, council”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]comhairle f (genitive singular comhairle, plural comhairlean)
Derived terms
[edit]- comhairle-riaghlaidh (“junta”)
- comhairlich (“advise”, verb)
- comhairliche (“councillor”)
- neach-comhairle (“counselor”)
- tairg comhairle do (“advise”, verb)
- thoir comhairle do/air (“advise”, verb)
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
comhairle | chomhairle |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ 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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- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
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- Irish nouns
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- Irish fourth-declension nouns
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- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns