coibhneasta
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish coibnesta. By surface analysis, coibhneas + -ta.
Adjective
[edit]coibhneasta
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | coibhneasta | choibhneasta | coibhneasta; choibhneasta2 | |
| vocative | choibhneasta | coibhneasta | ||
| genitive | coibhneasta | coibhneasta | coibhneasta | |
| dative | coibhneasta; choibhneasta1 |
choibhneasta | coibhneasta; choibhneasta2 | |
| Comparative | níos coibhneasta | |||
| Superlative | is coibhneasta | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- forainm coibhneasta m (“relative pronoun”)
Related terms
[edit]- coibhneas m (“relationship”)
- coibhneasacht f (“relativity”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| coibhneasta | choibhneasta | gcoibhneasta |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coibhneasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN