comhdheas
Irish
Alternative forms
- coimdeas, coimdheas, coimdhes, coimhdheas, cóimhdheas, comdheas, cómhdheas, comhdhes (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish comdess; surface analysis comh- + deas.
Adjective
comhdheas (genitive singular masculine comhdheis, genitive singular feminine comhdheise, plural comhdheasa, comparative comhdheise)
- ambidextrous (having equal ability in both hands)
- (predicative only) convenient
- (obsolete, predicative only) unimportant, indifferent
- Synonym: cuma
Declension
Declension of comhdheas
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | comhdheas | chomhdheas | comhdheasa; chomhdheasa² | |
| Vocative | chomhdheis | comhdheasa | ||
| Genitive | comhdheise | comhdheasa | comhdheas | |
| Dative | comhdheas; chomhdheas¹ |
chomhdheas; chomhdheis (archaic) |
comhdheasa; chomhdheasa² | |
| Comparative | níos comhdheise | |||
| Superlative | is comhdheise | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| comhdheas | chomhdheas | gcomhdheas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “comhdheas” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 comdes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “cóiṁḋeas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 161.
- "comhdheas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22
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