coibhneas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coibnius (“blood relationship”).[1]

Noun

coibhneas m (genitive singular coibhnis, nominative plural coibhneasa)

  1. kinship, affinity
  2. comparative relationship, proportion

Declension

Declension of coibhneas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative coibhneas coibhneasa
vocative a choibhnis a choibhneasa
genitive coibhnis coibhneas
dative coibhneas coibhneasa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an coibhneas na coibhneasa
genitive an choibhnis na gcoibhneas
dative leis an gcoibhneas
don choibhneas 		leis na coibhneasa

Derived terms

  • coibhneasach (“related”, adjective)
  • coibhneasacht f (“relativity”)
  • coibhneasaí m (“relativist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coibhneas
radical lenition eclipsis
coibhneas choibhneas gcoibhneas

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coibnius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “coiḃneas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 219; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coibhneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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