coimeád

See also: coimead

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish coimét (“act of keeping, guarding, preserving”), verbal noun of con·eim and con·ói.[2] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic coimhead.

Pronunciation

Verb

  • coimeád (present analytic coimeádann, future analytic coimeádfaidh, verbal noun coimeád, past participle coimeádta)
    1. to keep, hold, maintain
    2. to observe (take note of and celebrate)
    3. to guard
      • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
        D’innis dó fá’n pholl mór uisge ⁊ an casán caol thairis, ⁊ an mada dubh ag a choimhead.
        He told him about the great pool of water and the little pathway through it, and the black dog guarding it.
    4. to detain (put under custody)

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of coimeád (first conjugation – B)
    indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    present coimeádaim coimeádann tú;
    coimeádair†     		coimeádann sé, sí coimeádaimid; coimeádann muid coimeádann sibh coimeádann siad;
    coimeádaid†     		a choimeádann; a choimeádas coimeádtar
    past choimeád mé; choimeádas choimeád tú; choimeádais choimeád sé, sí choimeádamar; choimeád muid choimeád sibh; choimeádabhair choimeád siad; choimeádadar a choimeád coimeádadh
    past habitual choimeádainn /
    coimeádainn‡     		choimeádtá /
    coimeádtᇠ    		choimeádadh sé, sí /
    coimeádadh sé, sí‡     		choimeádaimis; choimeádadh muid /
    coimeádadh muid‡     		choimeádadh sibh /
    coimeádadh sibh‡     		choimeádaidís; choimeádadh siad /
    coimeádaidís‡; coimeádadh siad‡     		a choimeádadh choimeádtaí /
    coimeádtaí‡
    singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    future coimeádfaidh mé;
    coimeádfad     		coimeádfaidh tú;
    coimeádfair†     		coimeádfaidh sé, sí coimeádfaimid;
    coimeádfaidh muid     		coimeádfaidh sibh coimeádfaidh siad;
    coimeádfaid†     		a choimeádfaidh; a choimeádfas coimeádfar
    conditional choimeádfainn /
    coimeádfainn‡     		choimeádfá /
    coimeádfᇠ    		choimeádfadh sé, sí /
    coimeádfadh sé, sí‡     		choimeádfaimis; choimeádfadh muid /
    coimeádfaimis‡; coimeádfadh muid‡     		choimeádfadh sibh /
    coimeádfadh sibh‡     		choimeádfaidís; choimeádfadh siad /
    coimeádfaidís‡; coimeádfadh siad‡     		a choimeádfadh choimeádfaí /
    coimeádfaí‡
    subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    present go gcoimeáda mé;
    go gcoimeádad†     		go gcoimeáda tú;
    go gcoimeádair†     		go gcoimeáda sé, sí go gcoimeádaimid;
    go gcoimeáda muid     		go gcoimeáda sibh go gcoimeáda siad;
    go gcoimeádaid†     		— go gcoimeádtar
    past dá gcoimeádainn dá gcoimeádtá dá gcoimeádadh sé, sí dá gcoimeádaimis;
    dá gcoimeádadh muid     		dá gcoimeádadh sibh dá gcoimeádaidís;
    dá gcoimeádadh siad     		— dá gcoimeádtaí
    imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    — coimeádaim coimeád coimeádadh sé, sí coimeádaimis coimeádaigí;
    coimeádaidh†     		coimeádaidís — coimeádtar
    past participle coimeádta
    verbal noun coimeád

    † archaic or dialect form
    ‡ dependent form

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Noun

  • coimeád m (genitive singular coimeádta)
    1. verbal noun of coimeád
    2. keeping, maintenance
    3. observance
    4. retention

    Declension

    Declension of coimeád (third declension, no plural)
    bare forms
    singular
    nominative coimeád
    vocative a choimeád
    genitive coimeádta
    dative coimeád
    forms with the definite article
    singular
    nominative an coimeád
    genitive an choimeádta
    dative leis an gcoimeád
    don choimeád

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of coimeád
    radical lenition eclipsis
    coimeád choimeád gcoimeád

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

    References

    1. ^ “coimeád”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
    2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coimét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
    3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 22, page 13
    4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 235, page 119

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