coibhneasta
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish coibnesta. By surface analysis, coibhneas + -ta.
Adjective[edit]
coibhneasta
Declension[edit]
Declension of coibhneasta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | coibhneasta | choibhneasta | coibhneasta; choibhneasta² | |
| Vocative | choibhneasta | coibhneasta | ||
| Genitive | coibhneasta | coibhneasta | coibhneasta | |
| Dative | coibhneasta; choibhneasta¹ |
choibhneasta | coibhneasta; choibhneasta² | |
| Comparative | níos coibhneasta | |||
| Superlative | is coibhneasta | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
- forainm coibhneasta m (“relative pronoun”)
Related terms[edit]
- coibhneas m (“relationship”)
- coibhneasacht f (“relativity”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coibhneasta | choibhneasta | gcoibhneasta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coibhneasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN