cothabháil

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Irish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

cothabháil f (genitive singular cothabhála)

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

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Verb[edit]

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)

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cothabháil chothabháil gcothabháil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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