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coimhlint

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cuimleng,[2] verbal noun of an unattested verb (barely attested as Middle Irish con·ling[3]), from com- + lingid (“to jump, leap”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coimhlint f (genitive singular coimhlinte, nominative plural coimhlintí)

  1. competition, contest, battle (struggle)
  2. contention, conflict, rivalry
  3. race (contest)
    Synonym: rás
  4. (functioning as a verbal noun) (act of) contesting

Declension

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Declension of coimhlint

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coimhlint coimhlintí
Vocative a choimhlint a choimhlintí
Genitive coimhlinte coimhlintí
Dative coimhlint coimhlintí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an choimhlint na coimhlintí
Genitive na coimhlinte na gcoimhlintí
Dative leis an gcoimhlint

don choimhlint

leis na coimhlintí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coimhlint choimhlint gcoimhlint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ “coimhlint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuimleng”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·ling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 257, page 92

Further reading

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