comhalta

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish comalta, from Old Irish comaltae (“foster-brother, foster-sister”), from Proto-Celtic *komaltyos.

Noun

comhalta m (genitive singular comhalta, nominative plural comhaltaí)

1. foster sibling
2. fellow, member

Declension

Declension of comhalta (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative comhalta comhaltaí vocative a chomhalta a chomhaltaí genitive comhalta comhaltaí dative comhalta comhaltaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an comhalta na comhaltaí genitive an chomhalta na gcomhaltaí dative leis an gcomhalta don chomhalta leis na comhaltaí

Derived terms

• comhaltacht f (“fellowship”)

Related terms

• comhaltas m (“joint fosterage; body of persons, brotherhood; membership”)

Etymology 2

From comh- +‎ alta (past participle of alt (“to articulate, joint”)).

Adjective

comhalta

1. jointed, articulated

Alternative forms

• comhaltaithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhalta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhalta	chomhalta	gcomhalta

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cóṁalta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 235; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comhalta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN