cothrom
Irish Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- comhthrom (obsolete)
- cothromach (adjective only)
Etymology Edit
From Old Irish comthrom (“of the same weight”), equivalent to comh- + trom. Doublet of cudthrom.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
cothrom (genitive singular masculine cothroim, genitive singular feminine cothroime, plural cothroma, comparative cothroime)
- equally heavy, balanced
- equal
- level
- Synonym: cothromúil
Declension Edit
Declension of cothrom
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cothrom | chothrom | cothroma; chothroma² | |
Vocative | chothroim | cothroma | ||
Genitive | cothroime | cothroma | cothrom | |
Dative | cothrom; chothrom¹ |
chothrom; chothroim (archaic) |
cothroma; chothroma² | |
Comparative | níos cothroime | |||
Superlative | is cothroime |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms Edit
- cluiche cothrom (“evenly-played, drawn, game”)
- cothromaigh (“even, level; balance, equalize”, transitive verb)
- cothromán m (“horizontal”)
- cothromas m (“equity”)
- cothromóir m (“leveller; equalizer; trimmer”)
Related terms Edit
- cothromaíocht f (“evenness, balance; equilibrium”)
- cothromaitheach (“balancing”, adjective)
- cothrománach (“horizontal”, adjective)
- cothromasach (“equitable”, adjective)
Noun Edit
cothrom m (genitive singular cothroim, nominative plural cothroim)
- an equal weight
- a chothrom d’ór ― his weight in gold
- equity, justice, fair play
- ar an gcothrom ― on the level
- a level area (of ground etc., also figuratively)
- cothrom sa bhféar ghlas ― an even place in the grass
- i gcothrom le ― equal to, level with
Declension Edit
Declension of cothrom
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms Edit
- céim chothroim (“equative”)
- cothrom an lae (“anniversary”)
- cothrom na Féinne (“fair play”)
Mutation Edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cothrom | chothrom | gcothrom |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading Edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cothrom”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “comthrom”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “cothrom” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cothrom” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43
Scottish Gaelic Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Irish comthrom (“of the same weight”), equivalent to co- + trom.
Adjective Edit
cothrom
- (mathematics) even (not odd)
- Antonym: còrr
Noun Edit
cothrom m (genitive singular cothruim, plural cothroman)
- chance, opportunity
- balance, equilibrium, equity, impartiality
- scales, balance (device)
- justice
Derived terms Edit
- ana-cothrom (“disadvantage, unfairness”)
- co-chothrom (“balance”)
- co-chothromach (“symmetrical”)
- cothromach (“fair, just, impartial”)
- mì-chothrom (“disadvantage, unfairness”)
- thoir cothrom do (“enable”)
Mutation Edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cothrom | chothrom |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References Edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “comthrom”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language