coimirce

Irish

Alternative forms

• comairc, comairce, comairghe, coimrí, comhraí, comraí
• coimhridhe, coimhrighe, coimridhe, coimhrighe, comhraidhe, comhraighe, comraidhe, comraighe (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish comairche.

Noun

coimirce f (genitive singular coimirce)

1. protection, guardianship; patronage.

Declension

Declension of coimirce

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative coimirce Vocative a choimirce Genitive coimirce Dative coimirce

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an choimirce Genitive na coimirce Dative leis an gcoimirce don choimirce

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coimirce	choimirce	gcoimirce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coimirce”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 163
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coimirce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN