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
  • comhaltas m (“joint fosterage; body of persons, brotherhood; membership”)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

comhalta

  1. jointed, articulated
Alternative forms

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhalta
radical lenition eclipsis
comhalta chomhalta gcomhalta

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

References

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