coimhdeacht

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coimitecht, comaitecht, coimdecht (“act of going together; act of agreeing with, favouring, conniving at, etc.; act of accompanying, escorting, protecting”), verbal noun of con·éitet (“goes with, accompanies; agrees with, yields to, indulges, connives at, spares, allows”).

Noun

coimhdeacht f (genitive singular coimhdeachta)

  1. accompaniment, companionship
    1. (as verbal noun, ag ~) accompanying, escorting
  2. concomitance
  3. subsidiarity

Declension

Declension of coimhdeacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative coimhdeacht
vocative a choimhdeacht
genitive coimhdeachta
dative coimhdeacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an choimhdeacht
genitive na coimhdeachta
dative leis an gcoimhdeacht
don choimhdeacht

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of coimhdeacht
radical lenition eclipsis
coimhdeacht choimhdeacht gcoimhdeacht

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

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