comórtas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • commórthas, commórtus, comortas, comortus, comórtus, cumórtus (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish commórad (“comparing”), verbal noun of commóraid (“to celebrate”)[2] (from com- + móraid (“to magnify”)) + -tas.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈmˠoːɾˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkomˠoːɾˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɤmˠɔɾˠt̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

comórtas m (genitive singular comórtais, nominative plural comórtais)

  1. comparison
  2. competition

Declension

Declension of comórtas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative comórtas comórtais
vocative a chomórtais a chomórtasa
genitive comórtais comórtas
dative comórtas comórtais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an comórtas na comórtais
genitive an chomórtais na gcomórtas
dative leis an gcomórtas
don chomórtas 		leis na comórtais

Mutation

Mutated forms of comórtas
radical lenition eclipsis
comórtas chomórtas gcomórtas

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

References

  1. ^ “comórtas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “commórtas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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