compántas

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

compántas m (genitive singular compántais, nominative plural compántais)

1. Alternative form of compánachas (“companionship”)
2. association, associated body; (~ aisteoirí) troupe of actors

Declension

Declension of compántas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative compántas compántais Vocative a chompántais a chompántasa Genitive compántais compántas Dative compántas compántais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an compántas na compántais Genitive an chompántais na gcompántas Dative leis an gcompántas don chompántas leis na compántais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
compántas	chompántas	gcompántas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “compántas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “compántas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “compántas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024