comhaltas in Irish

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Etymology: From Old Irish comaltas (“foster-brotherhood, intimate friendship; co-fosterage”), from comalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister”). By surface analysis, comhalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister; fellow, member”) + -as. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|comaltas|t=foster-brotherhood, intimate friendship; co-fosterage}} Old Irish comaltas (“foster-brotherhood, intimate friendship; co-fosterage”), {{surf|ga|comhalta|-as|t1=foster-brother, foster-sister; fellow, member}} By surface analysis, comhalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister; fellow, member”) + -as Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|comhaltais||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} comhaltas m (genitive singular comhaltais), {{ga-noun|m|comhaltais|-}} comhaltas m (genitive singular comhaltais) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: comhaltais [genitive, singular], declension-1 no-plural [table-tags], no-table-tags [table-tags], comhaltas [indefinite, nominative, singular], a chomhaltais [indefinite, singular, vocative], comhaltais [genitive, indefinite, singular], comhaltas [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an comhaltas [definite, nominative, singular], an chomhaltais [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gcomhaltas [dative, definite, singular], don chomhaltas [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], comhaltas [error-unrecognized-form], chomhaltas [lenition], gcomhaltas [eclipsis]

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "foster-brother",
      "translation": "foster-brother",
      "word": "deartháir comhaltais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "foster-sister",
      "translation": "foster-sister",
      "word": "deirfiúr comhaltais"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "3": "comaltas",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish comaltas (“foster-brotherhood, intimate friendship; co-fosterage”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "comhalta",
        "3": "-as",
        "t1": "foster-brother, foster-sister; fellow, member"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, comhalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister; fellow, member”) + -as",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish comaltas (“foster-brotherhood, intimate friendship; co-fosterage”), from comalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister”). By surface analysis, comhalta (“foster-brother, foster-sister; fellow, member”) + -as.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comhaltais",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-1 no-plural",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "comhaltas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a chomhaltais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "comhaltais",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "comhaltas",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an comhaltas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chomhaltais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcomhaltas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chomhaltas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "comhaltas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chomhaltas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcomhaltas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
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        "11": "",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "f1request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "comhaltas m (genitive singular comhaltais)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "m",
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "joint fosterage"
      ],
      "id": "en-comhaltas-ga-noun-UAyqFpEj",
      "links": [
        [
          "fosterage",
          "fosterage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "body of persons, brotherhood"
      ],
      "id": "en-comhaltas-ga-noun-P0H-VR78",
      "links": [
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "brotherhood",
          "brotherhood"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
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        },
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          "_dis": "11 38 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 20 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "membership"
      ],
      "id": "en-comhaltas-ga-noun-v1z1njVm",
      "links": [
        [
          "membership",
          "membership"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "comhaltas"
}

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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms suffixed with -as",
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "foster-brother",
      "translation": "foster-brother",
      "word": "deartháir comhaltais"
    },
    {
      "english": "foster-sister",
      "translation": "foster-sister",
      "word": "deirfiúr comhaltais"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "surf"
    }
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "comhaltas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "comhaltas",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "an comhaltas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chomhaltais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcomhaltas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chomhaltas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "comhaltas",
      "source": "mutation",
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    {
      "form": "chomhaltas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcomhaltas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
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        "joint fosterage"
      ],
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          "fosterage"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
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      ],
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          "membership"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "comhaltas"
}

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"comhaltas" meaning in Irish

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