coimhlint

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish cuimleng,[2] verbal noun of an unattested verb (barely attested as Middle Irish con·ling[3]), from com- + lingid (to jump, leap).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

coimhlint f (genitive singular coimhlinte, nominative plural coimhlintí)

  1. competition, contest, battle (struggle)
  2. contention, conflict, rivalry
  3. race (contest)
    Synonym: rás
  4. (functioning as a verbal noun) (act of) contesting

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coimhlint choimhlint gcoimhlint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ coimhlint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuimleng”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “con·ling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92

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