comaoin

See also: Comaoin

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish commaín (“equal return; exchange; obligation; favour”).

Noun

comaoin f (genitive singular comaoine, nominative plural comaoineacha)

  1. favor, obligation
  2. return for favor, recompense
  3. enhancement
  4. consideration; offering
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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

comaoin f (genitive singular comaoine or comaoineach, nominative plural comaoineacha)

  1. alternative letter-case form of Comaoin (“Communion”)

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. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 165
  2. ^ 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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “comaoin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 235; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comaoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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