comhluadar

Irish

Etymology

From comh- +‎ luadar.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /koːˈl̪ˠuəd̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːlˠuəd̪ˠəɾˠ/, /ˈkoːl̪ˠuəd̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːlˠuəd̪ˠəɾˠ/, /ˈkɔːl̪ˠuəd̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

comhluadar m (genitive singular comhluadar, nominative plural comhluadair)

1. (social) company
2. party (group of people travelling or attending an event together)

   D'imigh an comhluadar

   The party departed.

3. family, household

   An bhfuil an comhluadar ar fad go maith?

   Are all the family well?

Declension

Declension of comhluadar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative comhluadar Vocative a chomhluadair Genitive comhluadair Dative comhluadar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an comhluadar Genitive an chomhluadair Dative leis an gcomhluadar don chomhluadar

Derived terms

• comhluadrach
• comhluadracht
• i gcomhluadar
• déan comhluadar le
• coinnigh comhluadar le

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
comhluadar	chomhluadar	gcomhluadar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhluadar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68