comhalta
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Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish comalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister”), from Proto-Celtic *komaltyos.
Noun[edit]
comhalta m (genitive singular comhalta, nominative plural comhaltaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of comhalta
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- comhaltacht f (“fellowship”)
Related terms[edit]
- comhaltas m (“joint fosterage; body of persons, brotherhood; membership”)
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective[edit]
comhalta
Alternative forms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
comhalta | chomhalta | gcomhalta |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhalta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comalta (‘foster-brother’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language