coimhdeacht
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish coimitecht, comaitecht, coimdecht (“act of going together; act of agreeing with, favouring, conniving at, etc.; act of accompanying, escorting, protecting”), verbal noun of con·éitet (“goes with, accompanies; agrees with, yields to, indulges, connives at, spares, allows”).
Noun
coimhdeacht f (genitive singular coimhdeachta)
- accompaniment, companionship
- (as verbal noun, ag ~) accompanying, escorting
- concomitance
- subsidiarity
Declension
Declension of coimhdeacht
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- aingeal coimhdeachta (“guardian angel”)
- bean choimhdeachta (“lady's maid, lady-in-waiting; chaperon”)
- coimhdeacht a dhéanamh ar dhuine (“to accompany, escort, someone; to chaperon someone”)
- deamhan coimhdeachta (“familiar spirit; evil genius”)
- lucht coimhdeachta (“retinue, attendants”)
- pláinéad coimhdeachta (“satellite”) (planet)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coimhdeacht | choimhdeacht | gcoimhdeacht |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coimhdeacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coimitecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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