comhthionól

Irish

Alternative forms

  • coimhthiolán, comhthalán, cothalán
  • coimhthionól, cóimhthionól (superseded)
  • coimhthionol, cóimhthionol, cómhthalán, comhthiolán, cómhthionól, comthionol, comthionól, cóthalán (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish comthinól.[2] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic coitheanal. By surface analysis, comh- +‎ tionól.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkoːhəl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/[3] (corresponding to the form comhthalán)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌfʲalˠanˠ/[4], /ˈkɨfʲəlˠanˠ/[5] (corresponding to the form coimhthiolán)

Noun

comhthionól m (genitive singular comhthionóil, nominative plural comhthionóil)

  1. assembly
  2. community (residential or religious collective)

Declension

Declension of comhthionól (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative comhthionól comhthionóil
vocative a chomhthionóil a chomhthionóla
genitive comhthionóil comhthionól
dative comhthionól comhthionóil
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an comhthionól na comhthionóil
genitive an chomhthionóil na gcomhthionól
dative leis an gcomhthionól
don chomhthionól 		leis na comhthionóil

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • comhthionól ban (“sisterhood”)
  • comhthionól cairdinéal (“conclave”)
  • comhthionól ginearálta (“general assembly”)
  • comhthionól náisiúnta (“national assembly”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhthionól
radical lenition eclipsis
comhthionól chomhthionól gcomhthionól

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

References

  1. ^ “comhthionól”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comthinól”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 46, page 47
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 442, page 142
  5. ^ Sommerfelt, Alf (1922) The Dialect of Torr, County Donegal, volume I: Phonology, Christiania [Oslo]: Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania, section 453.2, page 139

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