còmhrag
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish comrac (“meeting, encounter”). Cognate with Welsh cyfrang (“rencounter”) and Lithuanian rinkti (“gather, assemble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰɔ̃ːraɡ/
Noun
còmhrag f (genitive singular còmhraig or còmhraige, plural còmhragan)
- conflict, combat, fight
Derived terms
- miann còmhraig
- còmhraig (“fight”, verb)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
còmhrag | chòmhrag |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “còmhrag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN