contae

Irish

Alternative forms

  • condae (nonstandard)
  • conndae, conntae, cunndaí, cunntae, cunntaí, cunntaoi (dated)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman counté,[1] from Latin comitātus, from comes (“count, earl”). Akin to English county.

Pronunciation

  • and see: condae for pronunciations based on that form

Noun

contae m (genitive singular contae, nominative plural contaetha)

  1. county

Declension

Declension of contae (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative contae contaetha
vocative a chontae a chontaetha
genitive contae contaetha
dative contae contaetha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an contae na contaetha
genitive an chontae na gcontaetha
dative leis an gcontae
don chontae 		leis na contaetha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of contae
radical lenition eclipsis
contae chontae gcontae

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “contae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Dillon, Myles; Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961), Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, England: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 221

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