coimirce

Irish

Alternative forms

• comairc, comairce, comairghe, coimrí, comhraí, comraí
• coimhridhe, coimhrighe, coimridhe, coimhrighe, comhraidhe, comhraighe, comraidhe, comraighe (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish comairche.

Noun

coimirce f (genitive singular coimirce)

1. protection, guardianship; patronage.

Declension

Declension of coimirce (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative coimirce vocative a choimirce genitive coimirce dative coimirce forms with the definite article case singular nominative an choimirce genitive na coimirce dative leis an gcoimirce don choimirce

Mutation

Mutated forms of coimirce

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coimirce	choimirce	gcoimirce

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coimirce”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 163
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coimirce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN