cófra

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cofre,[1] from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cófra m (genitive singular cófra, nominative plural cófraí)

  1. chest (strong box)

Declension
Declension of cófra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cófra cófraí
Vocative a chófra a chófraí
Genitive cófra cófraí
Dative cófra cófraí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cófra na cófraí
Genitive an chófra na gcófraí
Dative leis an gcófra

don chófra

 leis na cófraí

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cófra chófra gcófra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cófra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 15

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