confach
Irish
Alternative forms
- confadhach, confadhamhail (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish confadach (“rabid”); surface analysis confadh + -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
confach (genitive singular masculine confaigh, genitive singular feminine confaí, plural confacha, comparative confaí)
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”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “confadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “confaḋaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 180
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “confach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 55
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