Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Anglo-Norman counté,[1] from Latin comitātus, from comes (count, earl). Akin to English county.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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contae m (genitive singular contae, nominative plural contaetha)

  1. county

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
contae chontae gcontae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “contae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 224, page 114
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 166
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 55, page 24

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