confach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • confadhach, confadhamhail (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish confadach (“rabid”).[2] By surface analysis, confadh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn̪ˠəfˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊnˠəfˠəx/, /ˈkʊn̪ˠəfˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌnˠəfˠa(x)/, /ˈkʌn̪ˠəfˠa(x)/[3]

Adjective

confach (genitive singular masculine confaigh, genitive singular feminine confaí, plural confacha, comparative confaí)

  1. rabid
  2. raging, furious
  3. bad-tempered, bilious (irritable, irascible)
    Synonym: anglánta
  4. ravenous

Declension

Declension of confach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative confach chonfach confacha;
chonfacha2
vocative chonfaigh confacha
genitive confaí confacha confach
dative confach;
chonfach1 		chonfach;
chonfaigh (archaic) 		confacha;
chonfacha2
Comparative níos confaí
Superlative is confaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of confach
radical lenition eclipsis
confach chonfach gconfach

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

References

  1. ^ “confach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “confadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 55

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