comhalta
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish comalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister”), from Proto-Celtic *komaltyos.
Declension
Declension of comhalta
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- comhaltacht f (“fellowship”)
Related terms
- comhaltas m (“joint fosterage; body of persons, brotherhood; membership”)
Etymology 2
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Alternative forms
- comhaltaithe
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| comhalta | chomhalta | gcomhalta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhalta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “comalta (‘foster-brother’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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