coiméide

Irish

Etymology

From Middle French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía), from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + either ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) or ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer, bard”), both from ἀείδω (aeídō, “I sing”).

Noun

coiméide f (genitive singular coiméide, nominative plural coiméidí)

1. comedy

Declension

Declension of coiméide (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coiméide coiméidí vocative a choiméide a choiméidí genitive coiméide coiméidí dative coiméide coiméidí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an choiméide na coiméidí genitive na coiméide na gcoiméidí dative leis an gcoiméide don choiméide leis na coiméidí

Derived terms

• coiméide rómánsúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of coiméide

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coiméide	choiméide	gcoiméide

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coiméide”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN