cothabháil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

cothabháil f (genitive singular cothabhála)

  1. verbal noun of cothabháil
  2. sustenance
  3. maintenance
  4. subsistence
    Synonyms: beatha, cothú, maireachtáil

Declension

Declension of cothabháil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cothabháil
vocative a chothabháil
genitive cothabhála
dative cothabháil
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chothabháil
genitive na cothabhála
dative leis an gcothabháil
don chothabháil

Derived terms

Verb

cothabháil (present analytic cothabhálann, future analytic cothabháilfaidh, verbal noun cothabháil, past participle cothabháilte)

  1. (ambitransitive) synonym of cothaigh (feed, nourish, sustain; stir up, promote; harbour; maintain; hold fast, stay)

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of cothabháil
radical lenition eclipsis
cothabháil chothabháil gcothabháil

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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