comalta
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish comaltae, from Proto-Celtic *komaltiyos. Synchronically com- (“with”) + ailte (“fostered”).
Pronunciation
Noun
comalta m
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- comaltar (“co-fosterage, joint responsibility for fosterage”)
- comaltas (“foster-brotherhood, intimate friendship; co-fosterage”)
Descendants
- Irish: comhalta
Mutation
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
comalta | chomalta | comalta pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comalta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Middle Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Middle Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Middle Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Middle Irish terms prefixed with com-
- Middle Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle Irish lemmas
- Middle Irish nouns
- Middle Irish masculine nouns
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