comhaois

Irish

Alternative forms

• comhaos, comhnaois, comhnaos
• có-aois, có-aos, comh-aois, cómhaois, cómh-aois, comh-aoise, cómh-aoise, comh-aos, cómhaos, comh-n-aois, cómhnaois, comh-n-aos, cómhnaos (obsolete)

Etymology

Originally the genitive singular used attributively, from Old Irish comáes. By surface analysis, comh- +‎ aois. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic comhaois and Manx co-eash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.iːʃ/, (older) /ˈkoː.ɯːʃ/

Noun

comhaois f (genitive singular comhaoise, nominative plural comhaoiseanna or comhaoiseacha or comhaoistí)

1. contemporary, coeval, peer (person of the same age), age-mate

Declension

Declension of comhaois (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative comhaois comhaoiseanna vocative a chomhaois a chomhaoiseanna genitive comhaoise comhaoiseanna dative comhaois comhaoiseanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an chomhaois na comhaoiseanna genitive na comhaoise na gcomhaoiseanna dative leis an gcomhaois don chomhaois leis na comhaoiseanna

Derived terms

• ar comhais (“of the same age”)

Related terms

• comhaosta

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhaois

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhaois	chomhaois	gcomhaois

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cóṁaois”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 235; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comhaois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• co-aois

Etymology

Originally the genitive singular used attributively, from Old Irish comáes. By surface analysis, co- +‎ aois. Cognate with Irish comhaois and Manx co-eash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔ.ɯːʃ/, /kʰɯːʃ/

Noun

comhaois m (genitive singular comhaois, plural comhaoisean)

1. contemporary, peer (person roughly the same age as another)

   Tha sinn nar comhaoisean.

   We are contemporaries.

   Bha e na chomhaois rithe.

   He was her contemporary.

Declension

Declension of comhaois (class IId masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	comhaois	comhaoisean
genitive	comhaois	chomhaoisean
dative	comhaois	comhaoisean
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) comhaois	(na) comhaoisean
genitive	(a') chomhaois	(nan) comhaoisean
dative	(a') chomhaois	(na) comhaoisean
vocative	chomhaois	chomhaoisean

Related terms

• co-aoiseach

Mutation

Mutation of comhaois

radical	lenition
comhaois	chomhaois

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.