cothabháil

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Noun

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cothabháil f (genitive singular cothabhála)

  1. verbal noun of cothabháil
  2. sustenance
  3. maintenance
  4. subsistence
    Synonyms: beatha, cothú, maireachtáil

Declension

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Declension of cothabháil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cothabháil
vocative a chothabháil
genitive cothabhála
dative cothabháil

Derived terms

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Verb

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cothabháil (present analytic cothabhálann, future analytic cothabháilfaidh, verbal noun cothabháil, past participle cothabháilte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Synonym of cothaigh (feed, nourish, sustain; stir up, promote; harbour; maintain; hold fast, stay)

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cothabháil
radical lenition eclipsis
cothabháil chothabháil gcothabháil

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

Further reading

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