coimeádach

Irish

Etymology

From coimeád (“keep; observe; guard; hold; maintain; detain”, verb) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

coimeádach (genitive singular masculine coimeádaigh, genitive singular feminine coimeádaí, plural coimeádacha, comparative coimeádaí)

  1. conservative
    Synonym: caomhach

Declension

Declension of coimeádach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative coimeádach choimeádach coimeádacha;
choimeádacha2
vocative choimeádaigh coimeádacha
genitive coimeádaí coimeádacha coimeádach
dative coimeádach;
choimeádach1 		choimeádach;
choimeádaigh (archaic) 		coimeádacha;
choimeádacha2
Comparative níos coimeádaí
Superlative is coimeádaí

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

Noun

coimeádach m (genitive singular coimeádaigh, nominative plural coimeádaigh)

  1. conservative
    Synonym: caomhach

Declension

Declension of coimeádach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative coimeádach coimeádaigh
vocative a choimeádaigh a choimeádacha
genitive coimeádaigh coimeádach
dative coimeádach coimeádaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an coimeádach na coimeádaigh
genitive an choimeádaigh na gcoimeádach
dative leis an gcoimeádach
don choimeádach 		leis na coimeádaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of coimeádach
radical lenition eclipsis
coimeádach choimeádach gcoimeádach

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

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