comalta
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish comaltae, from Proto-Celtic *komaltyos. By surface analysis, com- (“with”) + ailte (“fostered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoṽal͈ta/
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- comaltar (“co-fosterage, joint responsibility for fosterage”)
- comaltas (“foster-brotherhood, intimate friendship; co-fosterage”)
Descendants
- Irish: comhalta
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| comalta | chomalta | comalta pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “comalta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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