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 singular plural nominative conair conairí vocative a chonair a chonairí genitive conaire conairí dative conair conairí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an chonair na conairí genitive na conaire na gconairí dative leis an gconair don chonair leis na conairí

Derived terms

• aerchonair

Mutation

Mutated forms of conair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
conair	chonair	gconair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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, 2013–2025