coibhneasta
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish coibnesta. By surface analysis, coibhneas + -ta.
Adjective edit
coibhneasta
Declension edit
Declension of coibhneasta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | coibhneasta | choibhneasta | coibhneasta; choibhneasta² | |
| Vocative | choibhneasta | coibhneasta | ||
| Genitive | coibhneasta | coibhneasta | coibhneasta | |
| Dative | coibhneasta; choibhneasta¹ |
choibhneasta | coibhneasta; choibhneasta² | |
| Comparative | níos coibhneasta | |||
| Superlative | is coibhneasta | |||
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 edit
- forainm coibhneasta m (“relative pronoun”)
Related terms edit
- coibhneas m (“relationship”)
- coibhneasacht f (“relativity”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coibhneasta | choibhneasta | gcoibhneasta |
| 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) “coibhneasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN