confach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • confadhach, confadhamhail (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish confadach (“rabid”).[2] By surface analysis, confadh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn̪ˠəfˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊnˠəfˠəx/, /ˈkʊn̪ˠəfˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌnˠəfˠa(x)/, /ˈkʌn̪ˠəfˠa(x)/[3]

Adjective

confach (genitive singular masculine confaigh, genitive singular feminine confaí, plural confacha, comparative confaí)

  1. rabid
  2. raging, furious
  3. bad-tempered, bilious (irritable, irascible)
    Synonym: anglánta
  4. ravenous

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.

References
  1. “confach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “confadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 55

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