comha

Classical Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish coma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koβ̃ə/

Noun

comha m or f

1. a condition, terms (of peace)
2. a gift, a reward, a bribe

Declension

The IGT ii §2 inflection patterns primarily derive from io-stem inflections.

The extended plurals derive from d-stem inflections.

comha, m., IGT ii §2
Case/Number	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	an comha	dá choma	na comha na comhadha*
Vocative	a chomha	N/A	a chomha a chomhadha*
Accusative	gan an gcomha	gan dá chomha	gan na comha gan na comhadha*
Genitive	an chomha	dá chomha	na gcomha na gcomhadh*
Dative	don chomha	do dhá chomha	dona comhaibh dona comhadhaibh*
† non-bardic form (condemned in the tracts as lochtach) ‡ anomalous form (canamhain) * extended plural (iollradh ard)

The IGT ii §4 inflection patterns derive from t-stem inflections.

comha, f., IGT ii §4
Case/Number	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	an chomha	dá chomaidh	na comhtha
Vocative	a chomha	N/A	a chomhtha
Accusative	gan an gcomhaidh	gan dá chomhaidh	gan na comhtha
Genitive	na comhadh	dá chomhthadh	na gcomhthadh
Dative	don chomhaidh	do dhá chomhaidh	dona comhthaibh
† non-bardic form (condemned in the tracts as lochtach) ‡ anomalous form (canamhain) * extended plural (iollradh ard)

Further reading

• Osborn Bergin (1916) “Irish Grammatical Tracts II (Declension, a)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §2, page 38
• Osborn Bergin (1916) “Irish Grammatical Tracts II (Declension, a)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §4, page 47
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “coṁa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cuṁa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §4.13, page 370
• Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §4.19, page 377