"An comhartha"
Translation:The sign
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Theoretically, but it won't necessarily sound that way. The "ha" in the middle is just a transition from "comh" to "rtha." The main difference I hear between "comhartha" and "comhrá" is the vowel at the end. Although it isn't pronounced the same across dialects, it's always a long vowel. Listen to the different examples of both words. https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/comhartha https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/comhr%c3%a1
Go raibh maith agat. The middle 'ha' I heard in Duo may be in Ulster, but another example in Duo sounds like 'u', not any of teanglann. What confuses me is the existence of 'h' sound seems to have no rule in every dialects between 'comhartha' and 'comharthaíocht'.
So I know the categories are just a general guideline but ....what? Is this just used like a sign on the road or a no trespassing sign? etc.
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I was just about to post this question, "So is this like a street sign on the road (GE: das Schild), a figurative "sign"/omen (GE: das Zeichen), a sign-language symbol/word, or like what kind of "sign" exactly?"
But thank you for the great resource and "response" guidance.
There’s an Irish/German dictionary here that might be of use for ambiguous English words that aren’t ambiguous in German.
If you are thinking of semiotics (an séimeolaíocht): comhartha = sign ; comharthór = signifier; comharthach = signified
It sounds exactly like an comhrá to me. I'm getting discouraged
Apart from anything else, the á in comhrá is a different vowel sound than the terminal a in comhartha.
It refers to a “knife in name only” — something that’s only called a “knife” because it’s used as one, e.g.
The knife is also formed of stone, sharpened by others, but this is the meanest apology for a knife I ever saw.
Teanglann didn't really help here. What she says sounds like cócaire with an h where the second c is sitting.
