cónra

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish comrar.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkuːɾˠhə/[1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkoːɾˠə/ (reflecting the alternative form comhra)[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkõːnəɾʲ/ (reflecting the alternative form cónair)[3]

Noun

cónra f (genitive singular cónra or cónrann or cónrach, nominative plural cónraí or cónranna or cónracha)

  1. coffin, casket

Declension

Standard inflection (fourth declension):

Alternative inflection (fifth declension n-stem):

Alternative inflection (fifth declension k-stem):

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cónra chónra gcónra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • comrar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “cóṁra” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "cónra" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

  1. M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 43.
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 282.
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 142.
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