commant

French

Participle

commant

  1. present participle of commer

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin commentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkomən͈(d)/

Noun

commant n

  1. alliance, pact, union, friendship
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 78b11
      Ro·bói commant n-etarru du denum uilc fri mmaccu Israhel.
      There was a covenant between them to do evil to the sons of Israel.
  2. company, band
  3. (later) love, affection

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative commantN commantN commantL, commanda
vocative commantN commantN commantL, commanda
accusative commantN commantN commantL, commanda
genitive commaindL commant commantN
dative commundL commandaib commandaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: commond

Mutation

Mutation of commant
radical lenition nasalization
commant chommant commant
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

Further reading

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