comhréireach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From comhréir + -ach. Compare Manx coreiragh.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (West Kerry, West Cork) IPA(key): /kˠõˈɾˠeːɾʲəxˠ/
- (Munster) IPA(key): /kˠoːˈɾˠeːɾʲəxˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkˠoːɾˠeːɾʲəxˠ/
Adjective
[edit]comhréireach (genitive singular masculine comhréirigh, genitive singular feminine comhréirí, plural comhréireacha, comparative comhréirí)
- (mathematics) proportional
- proportionate
- syntactic, syntactical
- (geology) concordant, accordant
- (statistics) longitudinal
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | comhréireach | chomhréireach | comhréireacha; chomhréireacha2 | |
vocative | chomhréirigh | comhréireacha | ||
genitive | comhréirí | comhréireacha | comhréireach | |
dative | comhréireach; chomhréireach1 |
chomhréireach; chomhréirigh (archaic) |
comhréireacha; chomhréireacha2 | |
Comparative | níos comhréirí | |||
Superlative | is comhréirí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- comhréireacht f (“proportionality”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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comhréireach | chomhréireach | gcomhréireach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhréireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “comhréireach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “comhréireach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024