comharsanacht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • comharsantacht
  • cómharsanachd, comharsnacht, cómharsnacht, cómhursanacht (obsolete)
  • comharsanachd, cómharsanacht, comhursanacht (superseded)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish comursanacht.[2] By surface analysis, comharsa +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkõːɾˠsˠən̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/, /ˈkũːɾˠsˠən̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈkuːɾˠsˠənˠəxt̪ˠ/[3], /ˈkuəɾˠsˠənˠəxt̪ˠ/[4]
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkõːɾˠʃənˠəxt̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkoːɾˠsˠənˠa(x)t̪ˠ/[5], /ˈkõːɾˠsˠənˠa(x)t̪ˠ/[6]

Noun

comharsanacht f (genitive singular comharsanachta)

  1. neighborhood, vicinity
  2. neighborliness, friendliness

Declension

Declension of comharsanacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative comharsanacht
vocative a chomharsanacht
genitive comharsanachta
dative comharsanacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chomharsanacht
genitive na comharsanachta
dative leis an gcomharsanacht
don chomharsanacht

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • dea-chomharsanacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of comharsanacht
radical lenition eclipsis
comharsanacht chomharsanacht gcomharsanacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “comharsanacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comarsanacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 167
  4. ^ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974), Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 51
  5. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979), Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 246
  6. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974), A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 258

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