Connachta

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish Connachta, from Conn+ -achta. === Pronunciation === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkon̪ˠəxt̪ˠə/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɞn̪ˠa(x)t̪ˠə/ === Proper noun === Connachta f pl (genitive Connacht) Connacht (the western province of Ireland, inclusive of the counties Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo) Synonym: Cúige Chonnacht inhabitants of Connacht descendants of Conn Céadchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles) ==== Usage notes ==== In contrast to Mumhain (“Munster”), which, unusually for a proper noun, is always left unlenited in the genitive in the phrase Cúige Mumhan (“Province of Munster”), Connachta is always lenited in the genitive (thus Cúige Chonnacht (“Province of Connacht”)). ==== Derived terms ==== Connachtach m (“native of Connacht”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Connachta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “Connachta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Old Irish == === Etymology === Conn +‎ -achta === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈko.n̪əx.t̪a/ (Blasse) [ˈko.n̪ax.t̪a] (Griffith) [ˈko.n̪əx.t̪a] === Proper noun === Connachta f pl (genitive Connacht) (plural only) Connacht (a province of Ireland) inhabitants of Connacht descendants of Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: Connachta → Old Norse: Kunnaktir → Middle Welsh: Konacht ⇒ Middle Irish: Connachtach (“Connachtman”) Irish: Connachtach === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Connachta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Connachta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Schulze-Thulin, Britta (January 2001), “Notes on the Old and Middle Irish Loanwords in Old Norse”, in North-Western European Language Evolution (NOWELE), volume 39, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 55.