coimeádaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From coimeád (“keep; observe; guard; hold; maintain; detain”) +‎ -aí (agent noun suffix).

Noun

coimeádaí m (genitive singular coimeádaí, nominative plural coimeádaithe)

1. keeper, custodian
2. curator

   Synonym: coimeádóir

Declension

Declension of coimeádaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coimeádaí coimeádaithe Vocative a choimeádaí a choimeádaithe Genitive coimeádaí coimeádaithe Dative coimeádaí coimeádaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an coimeádaí na coimeádaithe Genitive an choimeádaí na gcoimeádaithe Dative leis an gcoimeádaí don choimeádaí leis na coimeádaithe

Derived terms

• banchoimeádaí (“female keeper, guardian”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

coimeádaí

1. inflection of coimeádach:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Alternative forms

• coimeádaighe (obsolete)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coimeádaí	choimeádaí	gcoimeádaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coimeádaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coimeádaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

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