Conamara

Irish

Etymology

From Conmhaicne Mara (literally “the Conmhaicne of the sea”), a branch of an ancient native tribe named Conmhaicne (literally “descendants of Conmhac”), ultimately from con (“hound”) (prefix form of n-stem cú) + mac (“son”).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Conamara m (genitive Chonamara)

  1. Connemara (a district of western County Galway, Ireland)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Conamara Chonamara gConamara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 206 (p. 101)
  1. Walsh, Paul (1940). "Connacht in the Book of Rights". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. Galway Archaeological & Historical Society. XIX, Nos. i & ii, 19 (1/2): 1–15
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