comhartha

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːɾˠhə/
• (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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
comhartha	chomhartha	gcomhartha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “comartha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language