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Classical Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish coma.
Pronunciation
Noun
comha m or f
- a condition, terms (of peace)
- a gift, a reward, a bribe
Declension
The IGT ii §2 inflection patterns primarily derive from io-stem inflections.
The extended plurals derive from d-stem inflections.
| comha, m., IGT ii §2
|
| Case/Number
|
Singular
|
Dual
|
Plural
|
| Nominative
|
an comha |
dá choma |
na comha
na comhadha*
|
| Vocative
|
a chomha |
N/A |
a chomha
a chomhadha*
|
| Accusative
|
gan an gcomha |
gan dá chomha |
gan na comha
gan na comhadha*
|
| Genitive
|
an chomha |
dá chomha |
na gcomha
na gcomhadh*
|
| Dative
|
don chomha |
do dhá chomha |
dona comhaibh
dona comhadhaibh*
|
|
† non-bardic form (condemned in the tracts as lochtach)
‡ anomalous form (canamhain)
* extended plural (iollradh ard)
|
The IGT ii §4 inflection patterns derive from t-stem inflections.
| comha, f., IGT ii §4
|
| Case/Number
|
Singular
|
Dual
|
Plural
|
| Nominative
|
an chomha |
dá chomaidh |
na comhtha
|
| Vocative
|
a chomha |
N/A |
a chomhtha
|
| Accusative
|
gan an gcomhaidh |
gan dá chomhaidh |
gan na comhtha
|
| Genitive
|
na comhadh |
dá chomhthadh |
na gcomhthadh
|
| Dative
|
don chomhaidh |
do dhá chomhaidh |
dona comhthaibh
|
|
† non-bardic form (condemned in the tracts as lochtach)
‡ anomalous form (canamhain)
* extended plural (iollradh ard)
|
Further reading
- Osborn Bergin (1916) “Irish Grammatical Tracts II (Declension, a)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §2, page 38
- Osborn Bergin (1916) “Irish Grammatical Tracts II (Declension, a)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §4, page 47
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “coṁa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cuṁa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §4.13, page 370
- Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §4.19, page 377