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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish comm. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic com.
Pronunciation
Noun
coim f (genitive singular coime, nominative plural coimeanna)
- waist
- covering
Declension
- Alternative plural form: coime
Derived terms
Noun
coim
- vocative/genitive singular of com
References
- ^ “coim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 coim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 coim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 160
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN