comhdheas

Irish

Alternative forms

coimdeas, coimdheas, coimdhes, coimhdheas, cóimhdheas, comdheas, cómhdheas, comhdhes (obsolete)^[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish comdess.^[2] By surface analysis, comh- +‎ deas.

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkũːjasˠ/^[3]

Adjective

comhdheas (genitive singular masculine comhdheis, genitive singular feminine comhdheise, plural comhdheasa, comparative comhdheise)

ambidextrous (having equal ability in both hands)
(predicative only) convenient
(obsolete, predicative only) unimportant, indifferent
Synonym: cuma

Declension

Declension of *comhdheas*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	comhdheas	chomhdheas	comhdheasa; chomhdheasa²
vocative	chomhdheis	chomhdheas	comhdheasa
genitive	chomhdheis	comhdheise	comhdheasa	comhdheas
dative	comhdheas; chomhdheas¹	chomhdheas; chomhdheis (archaic)	comhdheasa; chomhdheasa²
Comparative	níos comhdheise
Superlative	is comhdheise

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of *comhdheas*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhdheas	chomhdheas	gcomhdheas

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

References

^ “comhdheas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 comdes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22