comhionann
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]comhionann (genitive singular masculine comhionainn, genitive singular feminine comhionainne, plural comhionanna, comparative comhionainne)
- identical, uniform
- Synonym: aonfhoirmeach
- equal, congruent
- coequal, equivalent
Declension
[edit]Declension of comhionann
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| comhionann | chomhionann | gcomhionann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22
Further reading
[edit]- “comhionann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coiminann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cóiṁionann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 163
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhionann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN