comhthéacs

Irish

Alternative forms

• cointéacs

Etymology

From comh- (“con-”) +‎ téacs (“text”), a calque of Latin contextus and English context.

Noun

comhthéacs m (genitive singular comhthéacs, nominative plural comhthéacsanna)

1. context

Declension

Declension of comhthéacs

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative comhthéacs comhthéacsanna Vocative a chomhthéacs a chomhthéacsanna Genitive comhthéacs comhthéacsanna Dative comhthéacs comhthéacsanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an comhthéacs na comhthéacsanna Genitive an chomhthéacs na gcomhthéacsanna Dative leis an gcomhthéacs don chomhthéacs leis na comhthéacsanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
comhthéacs	chomhthéacs	gcomhthéacs
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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