cobhsaí

Irish

Alternative forms

• cobhsaidh

Etymology

From Middle Irish cobsaid, from com- +‎ fossad.

Adjective

cobhsaí

1. (computing, medicine, sciences) stable
2. firm, resolute

Declension

Declension of cobhsaí

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

• cobhsaíocht

Related terms

• cobhsaigh
• cobhsaitheoir
• cobhsú

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• 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