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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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nes, nas, dwell; Gr. ναίω, dwell, νέομαι, go, ναέτες, inhabitant; Skr. nas, join any one.
còmhradh, conversation, Ir. còmhradh; com+ràdh; see ràdh.
còmhrag, a conflict, Ir. cómhrac, E. Ir. comrac, battle, O. Ir. comracc, meeting, W. cyfrang, rencounter, *kom-ranko-; root renk, assemble; Lit. rìnkti, assemble, surinkìmas, assembly.
comhstadh, a borrowing, loan: *com-iasad-; see iasad? Cf. E. Ir. costud, consuetudo.
compàirt, partnership, Ir. cómpártas; from com- and pàirt, q.v.
companach, companion, Ir. cómpánach, M. Ir. companach; from E.Eng. compainoun, through Fr., from L. Lat. compâniô, "co-bread-man", from pânis, bread. Dialectic combach.
comradh, aid, assistance:
comraich, protection, sanctuary, Ir. cómairce, comruighe, E. Ir. comairche, M. Ir. comairce; from the root arc, defend, as in teasairg, q.v.
comunn, society, company, Ir. cumann; from Lat. communio, Eng. communion.
con-, with; see comh-.
cona, cat's tail or moss crops (Sh.); see canach. Cf. gonan, grass roots.
conablach, a carcase, so Ir.; for con-ablach; see con- and ablach. "Dog's carcase" (Atkinson).
conachag, a conch (M'A.); from the Eng.
conachair, a sick person who neither gets worse nor better (M'A.), uproar (M'F.):
cona-ghaothach, tempest, raging gale (Hend.):
conair, a path, way (Sh., O'B.), so Ir., O. Ir. conar:
conaire, the herb "loose-strife", Ir. conair (O'R.); see conas.
conal, love, fruitage (Carm.):
conalach, brandishing (Sh.; not H.S.D.); cf. the name Conall, *Cuno-valo-s, roots kuno (see curaidh) and val, as in flath, q.v.
conaltradh, conversation, Ir. conaltra (O'R.; Sh.): *con-alt-radh? For alt, see alt, joint.
conas, a wrangle, so Ir. (O'R., Sh.); from con-, the stem of cù, dog: "currushness"?
conas, conasg, furze, whins, Ir. conasg (O'R., Sh.): cf. conas above. Manx conney, yellow furze.
condrachd, contrachd, mischance, curse, E. Ir. contracht; from Lat. contractus, a shrinking, contraction.
confhadh, rage, Ir. confadh, M. Ir. confad: con+fadh; for fadh, see onfhadh.
cònlan, an assembly, Ir. conlán. H.S.D. gives as authorities for the Gaelic word "Lh. et C. S.".
