Connacht

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Irish or Old Irish Connacht, genitive form of Connachta (“Connacht”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.nɔːt/, /ˈkɑ.nəxt/

Proper noun

Connacht

  1. The western province of Ireland, inclusive of the counties Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo.

Translations

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊn̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌn̪ˠa(x)t̪ˠ/[1]

Proper noun

Connacht f pl

  1. genitive of Connachta

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Connacht Chonnacht gConnacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 24

Old Irish

Proper noun

Connacht f pl

  1. genitive of Connachta.
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