comhrac
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Category:Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#COMHRACCategory:Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂neḱ-#COMHRACFrom Old IrishCategory:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#COMHRAC comrac,[2] from Proto-CelticCategory:Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic#COMHRAC *komɸroankom (“encounter”).
Originally pronounced with /ɡ/ at the end, and the Scottish Gaelic cognate còmhrag is still spelled that way. In Connacht and Ulster it is regular for word-final g to be pronounced /k/ after an unstressed vowel, but in Munster the /k/ pronunciation is etymologically irregular.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoːɾˠək/[3], /ˈkõːɾˠək/[4]Category:Irish terms with IPA pronunciation#COMHRAC
Noun
comhrac m (genitive singular comhraic, nominative plural comhraic)Category:Irish lemmas#COMHRACCategory:Irish nouns#COMHRACCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#COMHRACCategory:Irish masculine nouns#COMHRACCategory:Pages with entries#COMHRACCategory:Pages with 1 entry#COMHRAC
- verbal noun of comhraicCategory:Irish verbal nouns#COMHRAC
- (militaryCategory:ga:Military#COMHRAC) combat, fighting, action
- fight (conflict of will, strife)
- meeting, junction (of roads, waters etc.)
- encounter, engagement (hostile meeting), contest (combat)
- fray (noisy fighting; loud quarrel)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- céile comhraic (“opponent”)
- coileach comhraic (“fighting-cock”)
- comhrac aonair (“duel”)
- comhrac coileach (“cockfight; spar”)
- comhrac gadhar (“dog-fight”)
- comhrac na mbóthar (“crossroads”)
- geall comhraic (“gage (challenge to combat)”)
- ionaid chomhraic (“action stations”)
- stoc comhraic (“battle horn”)
- tarbhchomhrac (“bullfight”)
- téigh chun comhraic (“to go into combat, fight”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| comhrac | chomhrac | gcomhrac |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ↑ “comhrac”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comhrac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ↑ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 339, page 109; reprinted 1988
- ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 202
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cóṁrac”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 241; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comhrac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN