comhchiallach

Irish

Etymology

From comh- +‎ ciall + -ach.

Adjective

comhchiallach (genitive singular masculine comhchiallaigh, genitive singular feminine comhchiallaí, plural comhchiallacha, not comparable)

1. synonymous (le (“with”))

Declension

Declension of comhchiallach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	comhchiallach	chomhchiallach	comhchiallacha; chomhchiallacha2
vocative	chomhchiallaigh		comhchiallacha
genitive		comhchiallaí	comhchiallacha	comhchiallach
dative	comhchiallach; chomhchiallach1	chomhchiallach; chomhchiallaigh (archaic)	comhchiallacha; chomhchiallacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• comhchiallachas

Noun

comhchiallach m (genitive singular comhchiallaigh, nominative plural comhchiallaigh)

1. synonym

Declension

Declension of comhchiallach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative comhchiallach comhchiallaigh vocative a chomhchiallaigh a chomhchiallacha genitive comhchiallaigh comhchiallach dative comhchiallach comhchiallaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an comhchiallach na comhchiallaigh genitive an chomhchiallaigh na gcomhchiallach dative leis an gcomhchiallach don chomhchiallach leis na comhchiallaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhchiallach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhchiallach	chomhchiallach	gcomhchiallach

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) “comhchiallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “comhchiallach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “comhchiallach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025