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

    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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