comhalta

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish comalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister”), from Proto-Celtic *komaltyos.

Noun

comhalta m (genitive singular comhalta, nominative plural comhaltaí)

  1. foster-brother, foster-sister
  2. fellow, member
Declension
Declension of comhalta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative comhalta comhaltaí
Vocative a chomhalta a chomhaltaí
Genitive comhalta comhaltaí
Dative comhalta comhaltaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an comhalta na comhaltaí
Genitive an chomhalta na gcomhaltaí
Dative leis an gcomhalta

don chomhalta

leis na comhaltaí
Derived terms
Related terms
  • comhaltas m (“joint fosterage; body of persons, brotherhood; membership”)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

comhalta

  1. jointed, articulated
Alternative forms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
comhalta chomhalta gcomhalta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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