Conamara

Irish

Etymology

From Conmhaicne Mara (literally “the Conmhaicne of the sea”), a branch of an ancient native tribe named Conmhaicne (literally “descendants of Conmhac”), ultimately from con (“hound”) (prefix form of n-stem cú) + mac (“son”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˌkʊn̪ˠəˈmaɾˠə/

Proper noun

Conamara m (genitive Chonamara)

Connemara (a district of western County Galway, Ireland)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Conamara	Chonamara	gConamara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 206 (page 101).

Walsh, Paul (1940). "Connacht in the Book of Rights". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. Galway Archaeological & Historical Society. XIX, Nos. i & ii, 19 (1/2): 1–15

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[1] Walsh, Paul (1940). "Connacht in the Book of Rights". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. Galway Archaeological & Historical Society. XIX, Nos. i & ii, 19 (1/2): 1–15