comrádaí

Irish
comrádaithe (2)

Alternative forms
  • comrádaidhe, comráduidhe (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata, from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camera (“a chamber”); +‎ -aí.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kɔmˠˈɾˠɑːd̪ˠiː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊmˠɾˠɑːd̪ˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌmˠɾˠæd̪ˠi/

Noun

comrádaí m (genitive singular comrádaí, nominative plural comrádaithe)

  1. comrade (mate, companion; fellow socialist or communist; title used in leftist circles)
  2. pal, mate

Declension
Declension of comrádaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative comrádaí comrádaithe
Vocative a chomrádaí a chomrádaithe
Genitive comrádaí comrádaithe
Dative comrádaí comrádaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an comrádaí na comrádaithe
Genitive an chomrádaí na gcomrádaithe
Dative leis an gcomrádaí

don chomrádaí

 leis na comrádaithe

Derived terms

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

Further reading
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