See also: coimead

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish coimét (act of keeping, guarding, preserving), verbal noun of con·eim and con·ói.[2] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic coimhead.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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coimeád (present analytic coimeádann, future analytic coimeádfaidh, verbal noun coimeád, past participle coimeádta)

  1. keep
  2. observe
  3. guard
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      D’innis dó fá’n pholl mór uisge ⁊ an casán caol thairis, ⁊ an mada dubh ag a choimhead.
      He told him about the great pool of water and the little pathway through it, and the black dog guarding it.
  4. hold
  5. maintain
  6. detain

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Noun

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coimeád m (genitive singular coimeádta)

  1. verbal noun of coimeád
  2. keeping
  3. observance
  4. protection
  5. retention, maintenance

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coimeád choimeád gcoimeád
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ coimeád”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coimét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 22, page 13
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 235, page 119

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