coimhthíoch

Irish

Alternative forms

  • coimhigheach, coimhightheach, coimhtheach, coimhthigheach, comhaitheach (superseded)
  • coimhdheach, coimhidhtheach, coimhitheach, coimhithgheach, coithigheach, comhaidheach, comhaightheach, comhuidheach, comhuidhtheach, comhuightheach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish comaithech (“someone else’s, belonging to a neighbor”), from comaithe (“neighbors”, collective).[2] By surface analysis, coimhthigh (“to alienate”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Adjective

coimhthíoch (genitive singular masculine coimhthíoch, genitive singular feminine coimhthíche, plural coimhthíocha, comparative coimhthíche)

  1. strange, unfamiliar, alien
  2. foreign, exotic, alien
  3. extraneous
  4. shy, reserved, standoffish [with le ‘toward’]
  5. aloof, remote, distant (emotionally detached or unresponsibe)
  6. wild, unreclaimed (of land)
  7. unseasonable (of weather)

Declension

Declension of coimhthíoch
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative coimhthíoch choimhthíoch coimhthíocha;
choimhthíocha2
vocative choimhthíoch coimhthíocha
genitive coimhthíche coimhthíocha coimhthíoch
dative coimhthíoch;
choimhthíoch1 		choimhthíoch coimhthíocha;
choimhthíocha2
Comparative níos coimhthíche
Superlative is coimhthíche

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

Synonyms

Noun

coimhthíoch m (genitive singular coimhthígh, nominative plural coimhthígh)

  1. foreigner, alien
  2. stranger, outsider

Declension

Declension of coimhthíoch (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative coimhthíoch coimhthígh
vocative a choimhthígh a choimhthíocha
genitive coimhthígh coimhthíoch
dative coimhthíoch coimhthígh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an coimhthíoch na coimhthígh
genitive an choimhthígh na gcoimhthíoch
dative leis an gcoimhthíoch
don choimhthíoch 		leis na coimhthígh

Synonyms

  • (foreigner, alien): eachtrannach
  • (stranger, outsider): strainséir

Mutation

Mutated forms of coimhthíoch
radical lenition eclipsis
coimhthíoch choimhthíoch gcoimhthíoch

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

References

  1. ^ “coimhthíoch”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comaithech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 324, page 113

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