comhalta

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish comalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister”), from Proto-Celtic *komaltyos.

Noun

comhalta m (genitive singular comhalta, nominative plural comhaltaí)

1. foster-brother, foster-sister
2. fellow, member

Declension

Declension of comhalta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative comhalta comhaltaí Vocative a chomhalta a chomhaltaí Genitive comhalta comhaltaí Dative comhalta comhaltaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an comhalta na comhaltaí Genitive an chomhalta na gcomhaltaí Dative leis an gcomhalta don chomhalta leis na comhaltaí

Derived terms

• comhaltacht f (“fellowship”)

Related terms

• comhaltas m (“joint fosterage; body of persons, brotherhood; membership”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

comhalta

1. jointed, articulated

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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comalta (‘foster-brother’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language