comrac

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• comracc

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *komɸroankom. Cognate with Welsh cyfrang.

Noun

comrac n (genitive comraic)

1. verbal noun of con·ricc: encounter

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	comracN	comracN	comracL, comraca
vocative	comracN	comracN	comracL, comraca
accusative	comracN	comracN	comracL, comraca
genitive	comraicL	comrac	comracN
dative	comrucL	comracaib	comracaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: comrac
  • Irish: comhrac (with irregular final -c)
  • Scottish Gaelic: còmhrag

Mutation

Mutation of comrac

radical	lenition	nasalization
comrac	chomrac	comrac pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comrac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language