comhalta

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish comalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister”), from Proto-Celtic *komaltyos.

Noun

comhalta m (genitive singular comhalta, nominative plural comhaltaí)

1. foster-brother, foster-sister
2. fellow, member

Declension

Declension of comhalta (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative comhalta comhaltaí vocative a chomhalta a chomhaltaí genitive comhalta comhaltaí dative comhalta comhaltaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an comhalta na comhaltaí genitive an chomhalta na gcomhaltaí dative leis an gcomhalta don chomhalta leis na comhaltaí

Derived terms

• comhaltacht f (“fellowship”)

Related terms

• comhaltas m (“joint fosterage; body of persons, brotherhood; membership”)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

comhalta

1. jointed, articulated

Alternative forms

• comhaltaithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhalta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhalta	chomhalta	gcomhalta

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhalta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comalta (‘foster-brother’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language