coimheach
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish comaithech, comaigthech.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcoimheach m (genitive singular coimhich, plural coimhich)
- stranger, foreigner
- Synonyms: coigreach, eilthireach, Gall
Adjective
editcoimheach
Derived terms
edit- aghaidh-choimheach, aodann-coimheach (“mask”)
- culaidh-choimheach (“costume”)
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
coimheach | choimheach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Edward Dwelly (1911) “coimheach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coimheach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language