cothromach

Irish

Etymology

From cothrom +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cothromach (genitive singular masculine cothromaigh, genitive singular feminine cothromaí, plural cothromacha, comparative cothromaí)

1. Alternative form of cothrom (“equally heavy, balanced; equal; level”)

Declension

Declension of cothromach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	cothromach	chothromach	cothromacha; chothromacha2
vocative	chothromaigh		cothromacha
genitive		cothromaí	cothromacha	cothromach
dative	cothromach; chothromach1	chothromach; chothromaigh (archaic)	cothromacha; chothromacha2
Comparative	níos cothromaí
Superlative	is cothromaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cothromach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cothromach	chothromach	gcothromach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cothrom”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cothromach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• comh-thromach

Etymology

From cothrom +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔrˠəməx/

Adjective

cothromach (genitive singular masculine cothromaich, comparative cothromaiche)

1. fair, just, decent, reasonable
2. even, fair, impartial

Synonyms

• dìreach
• iomchaidh
• reusanta

Antonyms

• ana-cothromach

Related terms

• co-chothromach
• cothrom

Mutation

Mutation of cothromach

radical	lenition
cothromach	chothromach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cothromach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN