comhréireach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From comhréir + -ach. Compare Manx coreiragh.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
comhréireach (genitive singular masculine comhréirigh, genitive singular feminine comhréirí, plural comhréireacha, comparative comhréirí)
- (mathematics) proportional
- proportionate
- syntactic, syntactical
- (geology) concordant, accordant
- (statistics) longitudinal
Declension edit
Declension of comhréireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | comhréireach | chomhréireach | comhréireacha; chomhréireacha² | |
| Vocative | chomhréirigh | comhréireacha | ||
| Genitive | comhréirí | comhréireacha | comhréireach | |
| Dative | comhréireach; chomhréireach¹ |
chomhréireach; chomhréirigh (archaic) |
comhréireacha; chomhréireacha² | |
| Comparative | níos comhréirí | |||
| Superlative | is comhréirí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms edit
- comhréireacht f (“proportionality”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| comhréireach | chomhréireach | gcomhréireach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhréireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “comhréireach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “comhréireach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.