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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