contúirt

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuntabairt, from Old Irish cundubart (“doubt, uncertainty, danger”), from com- + dí- + fo- + bert.

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːn̪ˠt̪ˠuːɾˠtʲ/

Noun

contúirt f (genitive singular contúirte, nominative plural contúirtí or contúirteacha)

1. danger

   Synonym: dainséar

Declension

Declension of contúirt

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative contúirt contúirtí Vocative a chontúirt a chontúirtí Genitive contúirte contúirtí Dative contúirt contúirtí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chontúirt na contúirtí Genitive na contúirte na gcontúirtí Dative leis an gcontúirt don chontúirt leis na contúirtí

• Alternative plural form: contúirteacha (Cois Fharraige)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
contúirt	chontúirt	gcontúirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “contúirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 467