coiméide

Irish

Etymology

From Middle French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía), from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + either ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) or ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer, bard”), both from ἀείδω (aeídō, “I sing”).

Noun

coiméide f (genitive singular coiméide, nominative plural coiméidí)

1. comedy

Declension

Declension of coiméide

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coiméide coiméidí Vocative a choiméide a choiméidí Genitive coiméide coiméidí Dative coiméide coiméidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an choiméide na coiméidí Genitive na coiméide na gcoiméidí Dative leis an gcoiméide don choiméide leis na coiméidí

Derived terms

• coiméide rómánsúil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coiméide	choiméide	gcoiméide
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coiméide”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN