cónra

Irish

Alternative forms

• cónair, comhra, cómhra

Etymology

From Old Irish comrar.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːɾˠhə/, (Cork and Kerry) IPA^(key): [ˈkoːɾˠhə] (as if comhartha, presumably a confusion of comhra and comhartha)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːɾˠə/ (from comhra)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkõːnəɾʲ/ (from comhnair)

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):

Declension of cónra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cónra cónraí Vocative a chónra a chónraí Genitive cónra cónraí Dative cónra cónraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chónra na cónraí Genitive na cónra na gcónraí Dative leis an gcónra don chónra leis na cónraí

Alternative inflection (fifth declension n-stem):

Declension of cónra

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cónra cónranna Vocative a chónra a chónranna Genitive cónrann cónrann Dative cónra cónrainn (archaic, dialectal) cónranna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chónra na cónranna Genitive na cónrann na gcónrann Dative leis an gcónra leis an gcónrainn (archaic, dialectal) don chónra don chónrainn (archaic, dialectal) leis na cónranna

Alternative inflection (fifth declension k-stem):

Declension of cónra

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cónra cónracha Vocative a chónra a chónracha Genitive cónrach cónrach Dative cónra cónraigh (archaic, dialectal) cónracha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chónra na cónracha Genitive na cónrach na gcónrach Dative leis an gcónra leis an gcónraigh (archaic, dialectal) don chónra don chónraigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na cónracha

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comrar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cóṁra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 178
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cónra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN