comhionann

Irish

Alternative forms

  • coimhinann, coimhionand, coimhionann, cóimhionann, cóionann, cómhionann (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From comh- +‎ ionann.

Pronunciation

Adjective

comhionann (genitive singular masculine comhionainn, genitive singular feminine comhionainne, plural comhionanna, comparative comhionainne) [with le]

  1. identical, uniform
  2. equal, congruent
  3. coequal, equivalent

Declension

Declension of comhionann
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative comhionann chomhionann comhionanna;
chomhionanna2
vocative chomhionainn comhionanna
genitive comhionainne comhionanna comhionann
dative comhionann;
chomhionann1 		chomhionann;
chomhionainn (archaic) 		comhionanna;
chomhionanna2
Comparative níos comhionainne
Superlative is comhionainne

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhionann
radical lenition eclipsis
comhionann chomhionann gcomhionann

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

References

  1. ^ “comhionann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 22

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