coim

See also: coím

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish comm.[2] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic com.

Pronunciation

Noun

coim f (genitive singular coime, nominative plural coimeanna)

  1. waist
  2. covering

Declension

  • Alternative plural form: coime

Derived terms

  • faoi choim

Noun

coim

  1. vocative/genitive singular of com

References

  1. coim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 coim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39

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