comrádaí

Irish

comrádaithe (2)

Alternative forms

• comrádaidhe, comráduidhe (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata, from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camera (“a chamber”); +‎ -aí.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɔmˠˈɾˠɑːd̪ˠiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊmˠɾˠɑːd̪ˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmˠɾˠæd̪ˠi/

Noun

comrádaí m (genitive singular comrádaí, nominative plural comrádaithe)

1. comrade (mate, companion; fellow socialist or communist; title used in leftist circles)
2. pal, mate

Declension

Declension of comrádaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative comrádaí comrádaithe vocative a chomrádaí a chomrádaithe genitive comrádaí comrádaithe dative comrádaí comrádaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an comrádaí na comrádaithe genitive an chomrádaí na gcomrádaithe dative leis an gcomrádaí don chomrádaí leis na comrádaithe

Derived terms

• comrádaí seomra

Mutation

Mutated forms of comrádaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comrádaí	chomrádaí	gcomrádaí

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) “comráduiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 178
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comrádaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN