coimhthíoch

Irish

Alternative forms

• coimhigheach, coimhightheach, coimhtheach, coimhthigheach, comhaitheach (superseded)
• coimhdheach, coimhidhtheach, coimhitheach, coimhithgheach, coithigheach, comhaidheach, comhaightheach, comhuidheach, comhuidhtheach, comhuightheach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish comaithech (“someone else’s, belonging to a neighbor”), from comaithe (“neighbors”, collective). By surface analysis, coimhthigh (“to alienate”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɨ̞̃vʲiax/

Adjective

coimhthíoch (genitive singular masculine coimhthíoch, genitive singular feminine coimhthíche, plural coimhthíocha, comparative coimhthíche)

1. strange, unfamiliar, alien
2. foreign, exotic, alien
3. extraneous
4. shy, reserved, standoffish [with le ‘toward’]
5. aloof, remote, distant (emotionally detached or unresponsibe)
6. wild, unreclaimed (of land)
7. unseasonable (of weather)

Declension

Declension of coimhthíoch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	coimhthíoch	choimhthíoch	coimhthíocha; choimhthíocha²
Vocative	choimhthíoch		coimhthíocha
Genitive		coimhthíche	coimhthíocha	coimhthíoch
Dative	coimhthíoch; choimhthíoch¹	choimhthíoch	coimhthíocha; choimhthíocha²
Comparative	níos coimhthíche
Superlative	is coimhthíche

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• (strange, unfamiliar): aduain
• (foreign): iasachta
• (shy, reserved, standoffish): doicheallach
• (remote, distant): deoranta

Noun

coimhthíoch m (genitive singular coimhthígh, nominative plural coimhthígh)

1. foreigner, alien
2. stranger, outsider

Declension

Declension of coimhthíoch

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative coimhthíoch coimhthígh Vocative a choimhthígh a choimhthíocha Genitive coimhthígh coimhthíoch Dative coimhthíoch coimhthígh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an coimhthíoch na coimhthígh Genitive an choimhthígh na gcoimhthíoch Dative leis an gcoimhthíoch don choimhthíoch leis na coimhthígh

Synonyms

• (foreigner, alien): eachtrannach
• (stranger, outsider): strainséir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coimhthíoch	choimhthíoch	gcoimhthíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coimhightheach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 162
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coimhthíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN