comhdheas

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

coimdeas, coimdheas, coimdhes, coimhdheas, cóimhdheas, comdheas, cómhdheas, comhdhes (obsolete)^[1]

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish comdess.^[2] By surface analysis, comh- +‎ deas.

Pronunciation edit

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkũːjasˠ/^[3]

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

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	comhdheas	chomhdheas	comhdheasa; chomhdheasa²
Vocative	chomhdheis	chomhdheas	comhdheasa
Genitive	chomhdheis	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
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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