coim

See also: coím

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish comm,[2] from the same ultimate as Proto-Celtic *kumbā (“valley”).[3][4] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic com.

Pronunciation

Noun

coim f (genitive singular coime, nominative plural coimeanna)

  1. waist
  2. covering

Declension

Declension of coim (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative coim coimeanna
vocative a choim a choimeanna
genitive coime coimeanna
dative coim coimeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an choim na coimeanna
genitive na coime na gcoimeanna
dative leis an gcoim
don choim 		leis na coimeanna
  • Alternative plural form: coime

Derived terms

  • faoi choim

Noun

coim

  1. vocative/genitive singular of com

References

  1. ^ “coim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “còm”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 98, page 39

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “coim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 221; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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