comórtas

Irish

Alternative forms

• commórthas, commórtus, comortas, comortus, comórtus, cumórtus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish commórad (“comparing”), verbal noun of commóraid (“to celebrate”) (from com- + móraid (“to magnify”)) + -as.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈmˠoːɾˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔmˠoːɾˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɤmˠɔɾˠt̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

comórtas m (genitive singular comórtais, nominative plural comórtais)

1. comparison
2. competition

Declension

Declension of comórtas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative comórtas comórtais Vocative a chomórtais a chomórtasa Genitive comórtais comórtas Dative comórtas comórtais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an comórtas na comórtais Genitive an chomórtais na gcomórtas Dative leis an gcomórtas don chomórtas leis na comórtais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
comórtas	chomórtas	gcomórtas
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), “commórtas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “comórtas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “comórtas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 177
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comórtas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN