comhartha
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish comartha (“sign, mark, symbol, token, indication; proof, characteristic”).
Noun
comhartha m (genitive singular comhartha, nominative plural comharthaí)
Declension
Declension of comhartha
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- comharthach (“marked, emblematic(al); significative”, adjective)
- comharthaí m (“sign-giver, forecaster”)
- comharthaigh (“mark; indicate; signify, designate”, verb)
- comhartha na croise (“the sign of the cross”)
- dea-chomhartha (“good, auspicious, sign”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| comhartha | chomhartha | gcomhartha |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "comhartha" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “comartha”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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