comharsa

comharsa

Irish

Alternative forms

• cómharsa, comhursa (dated)

Etymology

From Middle Irish comarsa f (“neighbour; neighbourhood”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːɾˠsˠə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːɾˠsˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkõːɾˠsˠə/[1]

Noun

comharsa f (genitive singular comharsan, nominative plural comharsana or comharsain)

1. neighbour

Usage notes

• Always grammatically feminine, regardless of the gender of the neighbour in question.

Declension

Declension of comharsa

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative comharsa comharsana Vocative a chomharsa a chomharsana Genitive comharsan comharsan Dative comharsa comharsain (archaic, dialectal) comharsana

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chomharsa na comharsana Genitive na comharsan na gcomharsan Dative leis an gcomharsa leis an gcomharsain (archaic, dialectal) don chomharsa don chomharsain (archaic, dialectal) leis na comharsana

• Alternative plural forms: comharsanna (Cois Fharraige); comharsain

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
comharsa	chomharsa	gcomharsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “comarsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “coṁarsa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 173
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comharsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “comharsa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “comharsa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.