contúirt
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cunntabhart, Old Irish cuntabart (“doubt, uncertainty, danger”), from Proto-Celtic *kon-to-bart, from *kom + *to + *bereti.
Pronunciation
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈkuːn̪ˠt̪ˠuːɾˠtʲ/
Noun
contúirt f (genitive singular contúirte, nominative plural contúirtí)
- danger
- Synonym: dainséar
Declension
Declension of contúirt
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural form: contúirteacha (Cois Fharraige)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
contúirt | chontúirt | gcontúirt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “contúirt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN