Comaoin

See also: comaoin

Irish

Alternative forms

  • Comaoine

Etymology

From Old Irish comman, from Latin commūniō; altered under the influence of comaoin (“favor”).[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic comain.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈmˠiːnʲə/[2] (corresponding to the form Comaoine)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkumˠiːnʲ/[3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɞmˠinʲ/[4]

Noun

Comaoin f (genitive singular Comaoine or Comaoineach, nominative plural Comaoineacha)

  1. (Christianity) Communion

Declension

Declension of Comaoin (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Comaoin Comaoineacha
vocative a Chomaoin a Chomaoineacha
genitive Comaoine Comaoineacha
dative Comaoin Comaoineacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Chomaoin na Comaoineacha
genitive na Comaoine na gComaoineacha
dative leis an gComaoin
don Chomaoin 		leis na Comaoineacha
Alternative declension
Declension of Comaoin (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Comaoin Comaoineacha
vocative a Chomaoin a Chomaoineacha
genitive Comaoineach Comaoineacha
dative Comaoin
Comaoinigh (archaic, dialectal) 		Comaoineacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Chomaoin na Comaoineacha
genitive na Comaoineach na gComaoineacha
dative leis an gComaoin
leis an gComaoinigh (archaic, dialectal)
don Chomaoin
don Chomaoinigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na Comaoineacha

Derived terms

  • Comaoin Anglacánach (“Anglican Communion”)
  • Comaoin na Naofa (“communion of saints”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Comaoin
radical lenition eclipsis
Comaoin Chomaoin gComaoin

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comman”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 464, page 124
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 165
  4. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 258

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