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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish cuimleng, verbal noun of an unattested verb (barely attested as Middle Irish con·ling), from com- + lingid (“to jump, leap”).
Pronunciation
Noun
coimhlint f (genitive singular coimhlinte, nominative plural coimhlintí)
- competition, contest, battle (struggle)
- contention, conflict, rivalry
- race (contest)
- Synonym: rás
- (functioning as a verbal noun) (act of) contesting
Declension
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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coimhlint
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choimhlint
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gcoimhlint
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ “coimhlint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuimleng”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “con·ling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92
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