còmhrag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish comrac (“meeting, encounter”). Cognate with Welsh cyfrang (“rencounter”) and Lithuanian rinkti (“gather, assemble”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔ̃ːɾak/

Noun

còmhrag f (genitive singular còmhraig or còmhraige, plural còmhragan)

  1. conflict, combat, fight

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
còmhragchòmhrag
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
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