coimhead

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Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɨ̞vʲad̪ˠ/, (older) /ˈkɨ̞̃vʲad̪ˠ/

Verb

coimhead (present analytic coimheadann, future analytic coimheadfaidh, verbal noun coimhead, past participle coimheadta)

  1. Ulster form of coimeád

Conjugation

Noun

coimhead m (genitive singular coimheadta)

  1. Ulster form of coimeád

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coimhead choimhead gcoimhead
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish coimét, verbal noun of con·eim (protects, preserves, secures).

Pronunciation

Verb

coimhead (past choimhead, future coimheadaidh or coimhdidh, verbal noun coimhead, past participle coimheadte)

  1. keep
  2. look
  3. watch

Synonyms

Noun

coimhead m (genitive singular coimhid)

  1. verbal noun of coimhead

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
coimhead choimhead
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.