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Irish
Etymology
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Noun
cothabháil f (genitive singular cothabhála)
- verbal noun of cothabháil
- sustenance
- maintenance
- subsistence
- Synonyms: beatha, cothú, maireachtáil
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
cothabháil (present analytic cothabhálann, future analytic cothabháilfaidh, verbal noun cothabháil, past participle cothabháilte)
- (transitive, intransitive) Synonym of cothaigh (“feed, nourish, sustain; stir up, promote; harbour; maintain; hold fast, stay”)
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| indicative
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present
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cothabhálaim
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cothabhálann tú;
cothabhálair†
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cothabhálann sé, sí
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cothabhálaimid
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cothabhálann sibh
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cothabhálann siad;
cothabhálaid†
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a chothabhálann; a chothabhálas /
a gcothabhálann*
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cothabháiltear
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| past
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chothabháil mé; chothabhálas
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chothabháil tú; chothabhálais
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chothabháil sé, sí
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chothabhálamar; chothabháil muid
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chothabháil sibh; chothabhálabhair
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chothabháil siad; chothabháladar
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a chothabháil /
ar chothabháil*
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cothabháladh
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| past habitual
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chothabhálainn / gcothabhálainn‡‡
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chothabháilteá / gcothabháilteᇇ
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chothabháladh sé, sí / gcothabháladh sé, s퇇
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chothabhálaimis; chothabháladh muid / gcothabhálaimis‡‡; gcothabháladh muid‡‡
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chothabháladh sibh / gcothabháladh sibh‡‡
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chothabhálaidís; chothabháladh siad / gcothabhálaidís‡‡; gcothabháladh siad‡‡
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a chothabháladh /
a gcothabháladh*
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chothabháiltí / gcothabháilt퇇
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| future
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cothabhálfaidh mé;
cothabhálfad
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cothabhálfaidh tú;
cothabhálfair†
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cothabhálfaidh sé, sí
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cothabhálfaimid;
cothabhálfaidh muid
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cothabhálfaidh sibh
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cothabhálfaidh siad;
cothabhálfaid†
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a chothabhálfaidh; a chothabhálfas /
a gcothabhálfaidh*
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cothabhálfar
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| conditional
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chothabhálfainn / gcothabhálfainn‡‡
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chothabhálfá / gcothabhálfᇇ
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chothabhálfadh sé, sí / gcothabhálfadh sé, s퇇
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chothabhálfaimis; chothabhálfadh muid / gcothabhálfaimis‡‡; gcothabhálfadh muid‡‡
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chothabhálfadh sibh / gcothabhálfadh sibh‡‡
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chothabhálfaidís; chothabhálfadh siad / gcothabhálfaidís‡‡; gcothabhálfadh siad‡‡
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a chothabhálfadh /
a gcothabhálfadh*
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chothabhálfaí / gcothabhálfa퇇
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| subjunctive
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present
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go gcothabhála mé;
go gcothabhálad†
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go gcothabhála tú;
go gcothabhálair†
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go gcothabhála sé, sí
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go gcothabhálaimid;
go gcothabhála muid
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go gcothabhála sibh
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go gcothabhála siad;
go gcothabhálaid†
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go gcothabháiltear
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| past
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dá gcothabhálainn
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dá gcothabháilteá
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dá gcothabháladh sé, sí
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dá gcothabhálaimis;
dá gcothabháladh muid
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dá gcothabháladh sibh
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dá gcothabhálaidís;
dá gcothabháladh siad
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dá gcothabháiltí
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| imperative
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cothabhálaim
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cothabháil
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cothabháladh sé, sí
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cothabhálaimis
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cothabhálaigí;
cothabhálaidh†
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cothabhálaidís
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cothabháiltear
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| verbal noun
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cothabháil
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| past participle
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cothabháilte
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*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cothabháil
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chothabháil
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gcothabháil
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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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