comhdheas
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish comdess.[2] By surface analysis, comh- + deas.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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[edit]
Declension of comhdheas
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | comhdheas | chomhdheas | comhdheasa; chomhdheasa² | |
| Vocative | chomhdheis | comhdheasa | ||
| Genitive | 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[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| comhdheas | chomhdheas | gcomhdheas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ “comhdheas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cóiṁḋeas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 161
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhdheas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN