cobhsaí
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish cobsaid, from com- + fossad.
Adjective
editcobhsaí
Declension
editDeclension of cobhsaí
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cobhsaí | chobhsaí | cobhsaí; chobhsaí² | |
Vocative | chobhsaí | cobhsaí | ||
Genitive | cobhsaí | cobhsaí | cobhsaí | |
Dative | cobhsaí; chobhsaí¹ |
chobhsaí | cobhsaí; chobhsaí² | |
Comparative | níos cobhsaí | |||
Superlative | is cobhsaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cobhsaí | chobhsaí | gcobhsaí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cobhsaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cobsaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cobhsaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cobhsaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024