confach
Irish
Alternative forms
- confadhach, confadhamhail (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish confadach (“rabid”); surface analysis confadh + -ach
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn̪ˠəfˠəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊn̪ˠəfˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌn̪ˠəfˠa(x)/
Adjective
confach (genitive singular masculine confaigh, genitive singular feminine confaí, plural confacha, comparative confaí)
- rabid
- raging, furious
- bad-tempered, bilious (irritable, irascible)
- Synonym: anglánta
- ravenous
Declension
Declension of confach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | confach | chonfach | confacha; chonfacha² | |
| Vocative | chonfaigh | confacha | ||
| Genitive | confaí | confacha | confach | |
| Dative | confach; chonfach¹ | chonfach; chonfaigh (archaic) | confacha; chonfacha² | |
| Comparative | níos confaí | |||
| Superlative | is confaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| confach | chonfach | gconfach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “confach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “confadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “confaḋaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 180.
- "confach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.