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

Positive	singular		plural
	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

Mutated forms of cobhsaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cobhsaí	chobhsaí	gcobhsaí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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, 2013–2025