Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From comh- +‎ ionann.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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comhionann (genitive singular masculine comhionainn, genitive singular feminine comhionainne, plural comhionanna, comparative comhionainne)

  1. identical, uniform
    Synonym: aonfhoirmeach
  2. equal, congruent
  3. coequal, equivalent

Declension

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Declension of comhionann
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative comhionann chomhionann comhionanna;
chomhionanna2
vocative chomhionainn comhionanna
genitive comhionainne comhionanna comhionann
dative comhionann;
chomhionann1
chomhionann;
chomhionainn (archaic)
comhionanna;
chomhionanna2
Comparative níos comhionainne
Superlative is comhionainne

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of comhionann
radical lenition eclipsis
comhionann chomhionann gcomhionann

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22

Further reading

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