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

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /cɪˈmʲɑːd̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form cimeád)[3], (less common) /kəˈmʲɑːd̪ˠ/[4]

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)
verbal noun coimeád
past participle coimeádta
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present coimeádaim coimeádann tú;
coimeádair† 		coimeádann sé, sí coimeádaimid coimeádann sibh coimeádann siad;
coimeádaid† 		a choimeádann; a choimeádas /
a gcoimeádann* 		coimeádtar
past choimeád mé; choimeádas choimeád tú; choimeádais choimeád sé, sí choimeádamar; choimeád muid choimeád sibh; choimeádabhair choimeád siad; choimeádadar a choimeád /
ar choimeád* 		coimeádadh
past habitual choimeádainn / gcoimeádainn‡‡ choimeádtá / gcoimeádtᇇ choimeádadh sé, sí / gcoimeádadh sé, s퇇 choimeádaimis; choimeádadh muid / gcoimeádaimis‡‡; gcoimeádadh muid‡‡ choimeádadh sibh / gcoimeádadh sibh‡‡ choimeádaidís; choimeádadh siad / gcoimeádaidís‡‡; gcoimeádadh siad‡‡ a choimeádadh /
a gcoimeádadh* 		choimeádtaí / gcoimeádta퇇
future coimeádfaidh mé;
coimeádfad 		coimeádfaidh tú;
coimeádfair† 		coimeádfaidh sé, sí coimeádfaimid;
coimeádfaidh muid 		coimeádfaidh sibh coimeádfaidh siad;
coimeádfaid† 		a choimeádfaidh; a choimeádfas /
a gcoimeádfaidh* 		coimeádfar
conditional choimeádfainn / gcoimeádfainn‡‡ choimeádfá / gcoimeádfᇇ choimeádfadh sé, sí / gcoimeádfadh sé, s퇇 choimeádfaimis; choimeádfadh muid / gcoimeádfaimis‡‡; gcoimeádfadh muid‡‡ choimeádfadh sibh / gcoimeádfadh sibh‡‡ choimeádfaidís; choimeádfadh siad / gcoimeádfaidís‡‡; gcoimeádfadh siad‡‡ a choimeádfadh /
a gcoimeádfadh* 		choimeádfaí / gcoimeádfa퇇
subjunctive
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
– coimeádaim coimeád coimeádadh sé, sí coimeádaimis coimeádaigí;
coimeádaidh† 		coimeádaidís — coimeádtar

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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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