comhroinn

Irish

Alternative forms

• cómhroinn

Etymology

From Old Irish comrann. By surface analysis, comh- +‎ roinn.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɨ̞vʲɾʲən̪ˠ/ (as if spelled coimhreann)

Noun

comhroinn f (genitive singular comhroinne, nominative plural comhranna)

1. portion, division, share

Declension

Declension of comhroinn (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative comhroinn comhranna vocative a chomhroinn a chomhranna genitive comhroinne comhranna dative comhroinn comhranna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chomhroinn na comhranna genitive na comhroinne na gcomhranna dative leis an gcomhroinn don chomhroinn leis na comhranna

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhroinn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhroinn	chomhroinn	gcomhroinn

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cómroinn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 178
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhroinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN