comhairle

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish comairle (advice, counsel, council).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːɾˠl̠ʲə/, /ˈkõːɾˠl̠ʲə/

Noun

comhairle f (genitive singular comhairle, nominative plural comhairlí or comhairleacha)

  1. (piece of) advice, counsel; direction, influence
  2. council

Declension

  • Alternative plural: comhairleacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
comhairle chomhairle gcomhairle
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish comairle (advice, counsel, council).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔ̃.ərˠʎə/

Noun

comhairle f (genitive singular comhairle, plural comhairlean)

  1. advice
  2. council

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
comhairlechomhairle
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • comairle” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.