Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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comlann +‎ -aithir

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkoβ̃al͈n͈ɨθʲirʲ]

Verb

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comalnaithir (conjunct ·comalnathar or ·comalnadar, verbal noun comalnad)

  1. to fulfill (a task, duty, promise)
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 2c10
      ní dunaib hí fo·daimet a n‑imdibe colnide tantum mani comolnatar a n‑imdibe rúnde uitiorum
      not to those who suffer the carnal circumcision only unless they fulfill the mystical circumcision of vices
  2. to observe (a law, command)

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:comalnaithir.

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: comaillid

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
comalnaithir chomalnaithir comalnaithir
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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