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coimheach

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish comaithech, comaigthech.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coimheach m (genitive singular coimhich, plural coimhich)

  1. stranger, foreigner
    Synonyms: coigreach, eilthireach, Gall

Adjective

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coimheach

  1. strange, foreign, exotic
    Synonym: eilthireach
  2. shy, timid
    Synonym: diùid
  3. fierce, cruel

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of coimheach
radical lenition
coimheach choimheach

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

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “coimheach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coimheach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language