comhchiallach

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Irish

Etymology

From comh- +‎ ciall + -ach.

Adjective

comhchiallach (genitive singular masculine comhchiallaigh, genitive singular feminine comhchiallaí, plural comhchiallacha, not comparable)

  1. synonymous (le (with))

Declension

Declension of comhchiallach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative comhchiallach chomhchiallach comhchiallacha;
chomhchiallacha2
vocative chomhchiallaigh comhchiallacha
genitive comhchiallaí comhchiallacha comhchiallach
dative comhchiallach;
chomhchiallach1
chomhchiallach;
chomhchiallaigh (archaic)
comhchiallacha;
chomhchiallacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

comhchiallach m (genitive singular comhchiallaigh, nominative plural comhchiallaigh)

  1. synonym

Declension

Declension of comhchiallach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative comhchiallach comhchiallaigh
vocative a chomhchiallaigh a chomhchiallacha
genitive comhchiallaigh comhchiallach
dative comhchiallach comhchiallaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an comhchiallach na comhchiallaigh
genitive an chomhchiallaigh na gcomhchiallach
dative leis an gcomhchiallach
don chomhchiallach
leis na comhchiallaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhchiallach
radical lenition eclipsis
comhchiallach chomhchiallach gcomhchiallach

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

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