contae

Irish

Alternative forms

  • condae (Aran, Ulster)
  • 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

  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /kɑun̪ˠˈd̪ˠeː/[2] (corresponding to the form condae)
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈkuːn̪ˠd̪ˠeː/[3] (corresponding to the form condae)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌn̪ˠd̪ˠai/[4] (corresponding to the form condae)

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. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 224, page 114
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 166
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 55, page 24

Further reading

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