comhrian

Irish

Etymology

From comh- +‎ rian.

Noun

comhrian m (genitive singular comhriain, nominative plural comhrianta)

1. corresponding course
2. (geography) contour

Declension

Declension of comhrian (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative comhrian comhrianta vocative a chomhriain a chomhrianta genitive comhriain comhrianta dative comhrian comhrianta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an comhrian na comhrianta genitive an chomhriain na gcomhrianta dative leis an gcomhrian don chomhrian leis na comhrianta

Derived terms

• comhrianach (“contour”, adjective)
• comhrianaigh (“contour”, transitive verb)
• neas-chomhrian

Related terms

• líne chomh-airde (“contour line”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhrian

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhrian	chomhrian	gcomhrian

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhrian”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “comhrian”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025