conairt

Irish

Alternative forms

• confairt, conart, cunairt

Etymology

From Middle Irish conairt, cúanairt, a derivative of cú (“dog, hound”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn̪ˠəɾˠtʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊnˠəɾˠtʲ/, /ˈkʊn̪ˠəɾˠtʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌnˠəɾˠtʲ/, /ˈkʌn̪ˠəɾˠtʲ/

Noun

conairt f (genitive singular conairte, nominative plural conairteacha)

1. (collective) dogs, hounds
2. pack of dogs, kennel
3. wolfpack

Declension

Declension of conairt (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative conairt conairteacha vocative a chonairt a chonairteacha genitive conairte conairteacha dative conairt conairteacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chonairt na conairteacha genitive na conairte na gconairteacha dative leis an gconairt don chonairt leis na conairteacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of conairt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
conairt	chonairt	gconairt

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) “conairt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 180
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “conairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN