comhréireach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom comhréir + -ach. Compare Manx coreiragh.
Pronunciation
edit- (West Kerry, West Cork) IPA(key): /kˠõˈɾˠeːɾʲəxˠ/
- (Munster) IPA(key): /kˠoːˈɾˠeːɾʲəxˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkˠoːɾˠeːɾʲəxˠ/
Adjective
editcomhréireach (genitive singular masculine comhréirigh, genitive singular feminine comhréirí, plural comhréireacha, comparative comhréirí)
- (mathematics) proportional
- proportionate
- syntactic, syntactical
- (geology) concordant, accordant
- (statistics) longitudinal
Declension
editDeclension 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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “comhréireach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “comhréireach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024