comhrac

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish comrac,[2] from Proto-Celtic *komɸroankom (“encounter”).

Originally pronounced with /ɡ/ at the end, and the Scottish Gaelic cognate còmhrag is still spelled that way. In Connacht and Ulster it is regular for word-final g to be pronounced /k/ after an unstressed vowel, but in Munster the /k/ pronunciation is etymologically irregular.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːɾˠək/[3], /ˈkõːɾˠək/[4]

Noun

comhrac m (genitive singular comhraic, nominative plural comhraic)

  1. verbal noun of comhraic
  2. (military) combat, fighting, action
  3. fight (conflict of will, strife)
  4. meeting, junction (of roads, waters etc.)
  5. encounter, engagement (hostile meeting), contest (combat)
  6. fray (noisy fighting; loud quarrel)

Declension

Declension of comhrac (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative comhrac comhraic
vocative a chomhraic a chomhraca
genitive comhraic comhrac
dative comhrac comhraic
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an comhrac na comhraic
genitive an chomhraic na gcomhrac
dative leis an gcomhrac
don chomhrac 		leis na comhraic

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • céile comhraic (“opponent”)
  • coileach comhraic (“fighting-cock”)
  • comhrac aonair (“duel”)
  • comhrac coileach (“cockfight; spar”)
  • comhrac gadhar (“dog-fight”)
  • comhrac na mbóthar (“crossroads”)
  • geall comhraic (“gage (challenge to combat)”)
  • ionaid chomhraic (“action stations”)
  • stoc comhraic (“battle horn”)
  • téigh chun comhraic (“to go into combat, fight”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhrac
radical lenition eclipsis
comhrac chomhrac gcomhrac

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

References

  1. ^ “comhrac”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comhrac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 339, page 109; reprinted 1988
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 202

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cóṁrac”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 241; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comhrac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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