contúirt

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cunntabhart, Old Irish cuntabart (“doubt, uncertainty, danger”), from Proto-Celtic *kon-to-bart, from *kom + *to + *bereti.

Pronunciation

Noun

contúirt f (genitive singular contúirte, nominative plural contúirtí)

  1. danger
    Synonym: dainséar

Declension
Declension of contúirt

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative contúirt contúirtí
Vocative a chontúirt a chontúirtí
Genitive contúirte contúirtí
Dative contúirt contúirtí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chontúirt na contúirtí
Genitive na contúirte na gcontúirtí
Dative leis an gcontúirt

don chontúirt

 leis na contúirtí

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

References
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “contúirt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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