conairt

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish conairt, cúanairt, a derivative of cú (“dog, hound”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn̪ˠəɾˠtʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊnˠəɾˠtʲ/, /ˈkʊn̪ˠəɾˠtʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌnˠəɾˠtʲ/, /ˈkʌn̪ˠəɾˠtʲ/[3]

Noun

conairt f (genitive singular conairte, nominative plural conairteacha)

  1. (collective) dogs, hounds
  2. pack of dogs, kennel
  3. wolfpack

Declension
Declension of conairt

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative conairt conairteacha
Vocative a chonairt a chonairteacha
Genitive conairte conairteacha
Dative conairt conairteacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chonairt na conairteacha
Genitive na conairte na gconairteacha
Dative leis an gconairt

don chonairt

 leis na conairteacha

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

References
  1. “conairt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cúana(i)rt, cona(i)rt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

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