cothromach

Irish

Etymology

From cothrom +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cothromach (genitive singular masculine cothromaigh, genitive singular feminine cothromaí, plural cothromacha, comparative cothromaí)

1. Alternative form of cothrom (“equally heavy, balanced; equal; level”)

Declension

Declension of cothromach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cothromach	chothromach	cothromacha; chothromacha²
Vocative	chothromaigh		cothromacha
Genitive		cothromaí	cothromacha	cothromach
Dative	cothromach; chothromach¹	chothromach; chothromaigh (archaic)	cothromacha; chothromacha²
Comparative	níos cothromaí
Superlative	is cothromaí

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
cothromach	chothromach	gcothromach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cothrom”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cothromach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• comh-thromach

Etymology

From cothrom +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔrˠəməx/

Adjective

cothromach (genitive singular masculine cothromaich, comparative cothromaiche)

1. fair, just, decent, reasonable
2. even, fair, impartial

Synonyms

• dìreach
• iomchaidh
• reusanta

Antonyms

• ana-cothromach

Related terms

• co-chothromach
• cothrom

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cothromach	chothromach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cothromach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN