commant
French
editParticiple
editcommant
Old Irish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin commentum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcommant n
- alliance, pact, union, friendship
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 78b11
- Ro·bói commant n-etarru du denum uilc fri mmaccu Israhel.
- There was a covenant between them to do evil to the sons of Israel.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 78b11
- company, band
- (later) love, affection
Inflection
editNeuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | commantN | commantN | commantL, commanda |
Vocative | commantN | commantN | commantL, commanda |
Accusative | commantN | commantN | commantL, commanda |
Genitive | commaindL | commant | commantN |
Dative | commundL | commandaib | commandaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Synonyms
editDescendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
commant | chommant | commant pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “commann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language