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confach

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish confadach (“rabid”).[2] By surface analysis, confadh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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confach (genitive singular masculine confaigh, genitive singular feminine confaí, plural confacha, comparative confaí)

  1. rabid
  2. raging, furious
  3. bad-tempered, bilious (irritable, irascible)
    Synonym: anglánta
  4. ravenous

Declension

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Declension of confach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative confach chonfach confacha;
chonfacha²
Vocative chonfaigh confacha
Genitive confaí confacha confach
Dative confach;
chonfach¹ 		chonfach;
chonfaigh (archaic) 		confacha;
chonfacha²
Comparative níos confaí
Superlative is confaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
confach chonfach gconfach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ “confach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “confadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 55

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