coimeádach

Irish

Etymology

From coimeád (“keep; observe; guard; hold; maintain; detain”, verb) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

coimeádach (genitive singular masculine coimeádaigh, genitive singular feminine coimeádaí, plural coimeádacha, comparative coimeádaí)

1. conservative

   Synonym: caomhach

Declension

Declension of coimeádach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	coimeádach	choimeádach	coimeádacha; choimeádacha²
Vocative	choimeádaigh		coimeádacha
Genitive		coimeádaí	coimeádacha	coimeádach
Dative	coimeádach; choimeádach¹	choimeádach; choimeádaigh (archaic)	coimeádacha; choimeádacha²
Comparative	níos coimeádaí
Superlative	is coimeádaí

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

• coimeádachas m (“conservatism”)
• Giúdachas Coimeádach m (“Conservative Judaism”)

 

Noun

coimeádach m (genitive singular coimeádaigh, nominative plural coimeádaigh)

1. conservative

   Synonym: caomhach

Declension

Declension of coimeádach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative coimeádach coimeádaigh Vocative a choimeádaigh a choimeádacha Genitive coimeádaigh coimeádach Dative coimeádach coimeádaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an coimeádach na coimeádaigh Genitive an choimeádaigh na gcoimeádach Dative leis an gcoimeádach don choimeádach leis na coimeádaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coimeádach	choimeádach	gcoimeádach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coimeádach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coimeádach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coimeádach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024