comrádaí

comrádaí

Irish

comrádaithe (2)

Alternative forms

• comrádaidhe (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

• comrádaí seomra

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

• “comrádaiḋe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "comrádaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.