coimhlint

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cuimleng,[2] verbal noun of an unattested verb (barely attested as Middle Irish con·ling[3]), from com- + lingid (“to jump, leap”).

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɨ̞vʲlʲən̠ʲ/[4] (corresponding to the form coimhling)

Noun

coimhlint f (genitive singular coimhlinte, nominative plural coimhlintí)

  1. competition, contest, battle (struggle)
  2. contention, conflict, rivalry
  3. race (contest)
    Synonym: rás
  4. (functioning as a verbal noun) (act of) contesting

Declension
Declension of coimhlint

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coimhlint coimhlintí
Vocative a choimhlint a choimhlintí
Genitive coimhlinte coimhlintí
Dative coimhlint coimhlintí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an choimhlint na coimhlintí
Genitive na coimhlinte na gcoimhlintí
Dative leis an gcoimhlint

don choimhlint

 leis na coimhlintí

Derived terms
  • coimhlinteach
  • coimhlinteoir

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coimhlint choimhlint gcoimhlint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “coimhlint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuimleng”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “con·ling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92

Further reading
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