comhartha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish comarde (“sign, characteristic”). Cognate with Welsh cyfarwydd (“instruction, expert”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkõːɾˠhə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːɾˠhə/, /ˈkuːɾˠhə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkõhəɾˠə/

Noun

comhartha m (genitive singular comhartha, nominative plural comharthaí)

1. sign, mark, symbol
2. signal
3. symptom
4. indication, omen
5. token
6. notice, heed

Declension

Declension of comhartha (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative comhartha comharthaí vocative a chomhartha a chomharthaí genitive comhartha comharthaí dative comhartha comharthaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an comhartha na comharthaí genitive an chomhartha na gcomharthaí dative leis an gcomhartha don chomhartha leis na comharthaí

Derived terms

• comhartha na croise
• comharthach
• comharthaí
• comharthaigh
• dea-chomhartha

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhartha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhartha	chomhartha	gcomhartha

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comartha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language