còmhnard

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish comard, from Old Irish comard, with irregularly appearing -n-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔ̃ːnərˠd/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [ˈkʰõːɳəʈ][1], [ˈkʰõːɳ̊ʈ]

Adjective

còmhnard

  1. level, plain, even, equal, smooth, flat
    rathad còmhnard ― a level road
    siùil còmhnard ― equal sails

Antonyms

Noun

còmhnard m (genitive singular còmhnaird, plural còmhnardan)

  1. plain
  2. level ground, field

Mutation

Mutation of còmhnard
radical lenition
còmhnard chòmhnard

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “còmhnard”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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