conair

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

conair f (genitive singular conaire, nominative plural conairí)

1. path, passage, track
2. (geometry) trajectory

Declension

Declension of conair

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative conair conairí Vocative a chonair a chonairí Genitive conaire conairí Dative conair conairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chonair na conairí Genitive na conaire na gconairí Dative leis an gconair don chonair leis na conairí

Derived terms

• aerchonair

Descendants

• →⇒ Yola: cusseraane

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
conair	chonair	gconair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “conair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “conair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “conair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024