confach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish confadach (“rabid”).[2] By surface analysis, confadh + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn̪ˠəfˠəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊnˠəfˠəx/, /ˈkʊn̪ˠəfˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌnˠəfˠa(x)/, /ˈkʌn̪ˠəfˠa(x)/[3]
Adjective edit
confach (genitive singular masculine confaigh, genitive singular feminine confaí, plural confacha, comparative confaí)
Declension edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
- ^ “confach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “confadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 55
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “confaḋaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 180
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “confach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN