"comhalta" meaning in Irish

See comhalta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: comhaltaithe [alternative], no-table-tags [table-tags], comhalta [error-unrecognized-form], chomhalta [lenition], gcomhalta [eclipsis]
Etymology: From comh- + alta (past participle of alt (“to articulate, joint”)). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*pel-|id=fold}}, {{af|ga|comh-|alta|pos2=past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ga">alt</i> (“to articulate, joint”)}} comh- + alta (past participle of alt (“to articulate, joint”)) Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective||{{{gsm}}}||{{{gsf}}}||{{{gsf2}}}||{{{pl}}}||{{{pl2}}}|||||altform=|head=}} comhalta, {{ga-adj}} comhalta Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. jointed, articulated
    Sense id: en-comhalta-ga-adj-tePJKLho
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Noun

Etymology: From Middle Irish comalta, from Old Irish comaltae (“foster-brother, foster-sister”), from Proto-Celtic *komaltyos. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*h₂el-|id=grow}}, {{der|ga|mga|comalta}} Middle Irish comalta, {{inh|ga|sga|comaltae||foster-brother, foster-sister}} Old Irish comaltae (“foster-brother, foster-sister”), {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “comalta”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}}, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*komaltyos}} Proto-Celtic *komaltyos Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|comhalta|||||||nominative plural|comhaltaí|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} comhalta m (genitive singular comhalta, nominative plural comhaltaí), {{ga-noun|m|~|~í}} comhalta m (genitive singular comhalta, nominative plural comhaltaí) Forms: comhalta [genitive, singular], comhaltaí [nominative, plural], declension-4 [table-tags], declension-4 [table-tags], comhalta [nominative, singular], comhaltaí [nominative, plural], a chomhalta [singular, vocative], a chomhaltaí [plural, vocative], comhalta [genitive, singular], comhaltaí [genitive, plural], comhalta [dative, singular], comhaltaí [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an comhalta [definite, nominative, singular], na comhaltaí [definite, nominative, plural], an chomhalta [definite, genitive, singular], na gcomhaltaí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcomhalta [dative, definite, singular], don chomhalta [dative, definite, singular], leis na comhaltaí [dative, definite, plural]
  1. foster sibling Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-comhalta-ga-noun-O5nwstD5 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms prefixed with comh-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Family members Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 71 4 Disambiguation of Irish terms prefixed with comh-: 37 58 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 0 Disambiguation of Family members: 5 85 11
  2. fellow, member Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-comhalta-ga-noun-NUXYWJ-5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: comhaltacht (english: fellowship) [feminine] Related terms: comhaltas (english: joint fosterage; body of persons, brotherhood; membership) [masculine]
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "pos2": "past participle of <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ga\">alt</i> (“to articulate, joint”)"
      },
      "expansion": "comh- + alta (past participle of alt (“to articulate, joint”))",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From comh- + alta (past participle of alt (“to articulate, joint”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comhaltaithe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "comhalta",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chomhalta",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcomhalta",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "{{{pl}}}",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{gsm}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{gsf}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "comhalta",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "comhalta",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "jointed, articulated"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jointed",
          "jointed"
        ],
        [
          "articulated",
          "articulated"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "comhalta"
}

Download raw JSONL data for comhalta meaning in Irish (6.3kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: comhalta/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "comhalta"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "comhalta",
  "trace": ""
}

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