conntraigh
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish contracht (“neap tide”),[1] from Latin contractus (“contraction”), altered by association with tràigh (“beach (at low tide)”).
Pronunciation
- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔ̃ũn̪ˠt̪ɾaj/, /ˈkʰɔ̃ũn̪ˠˌt̪ɾaːj/[2]; [ˈkʰõʊ̃n̪ˠt̪ɾaj][3][4]
- (Harris) IPA(key): /ˈkʰãũn̪ˠd̪ɾæj/[5] (as if spelled canntraigh)
- (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔ̃ːd̪̊ɾɛj/[5]
- (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔ̃ũn̪ˠd̪ɾaj/[6]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈkʰũːn̪ˠd̪ɾaj/, [ˈkʰʊ̃ːn̪ˠd̪̊ɾaj][7] (as if spelled cunntraigh)
Noun
conntraigh f (genitive singular conntraighe, plural conntraighean)
Antonyms
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “conntraigh”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 45
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 123
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 160
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 27
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 75
Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “contraigh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN