comhaltas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish comaltas (“foster-brotherhood, intimate friendship; co-fosterage”), from comalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister”). By surface analysis, comhalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister; fellow, member”) +‎ -as.

Noun

comhaltas m (genitive singular comhaltais)

1. joint fosterage
2. body of persons, brotherhood
3. membership

Declension

Declension of comhaltas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative comhaltas Vocative a chomhaltais Genitive comhaltais Dative comhaltas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an comhaltas Genitive an chomhaltais Dative leis an gcomhaltas don chomhaltas

Derived terms

• deartháir comhaltais (“foster-brother”)
• deirfiúr comhaltais (“foster-sister”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
comhaltas	chomhaltas	gcomhaltas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhaltas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “comhaltas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “comhaltas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.