Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Alteration of Old Irish comparit,[2] from Latin comparātiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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comparáid f (genitive singular comparáide, nominative plural comparáidí)

  1. (linguistics, etc.) comparison
  2. parallel (something identical or similar in essential respects)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
comparáid chomparáid gcomparáid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ comparáid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comparit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117

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