comaitecht

Old Irish

Etymology

From com- +‎ in- +‎ techt (“going”). An intermediate base *étecht probably existed (its finite verb counterpart in·tét is recorded) but is not attested.

Noun

comaitecht f

1. verbal noun of con·éitet
   1. yielding, submission [with do ‘to’]
   2. indulgence

Declension

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	comaitechtL	—	—
vocative	comaitechtL	—	—
accusative	comaitechtN	—	—
genitive	comaitechtaeH	—	—
dative	comaitechtL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of comaitecht

radical	lenition	nasalization
comaitecht	chomaitecht	comaitecht pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coimitecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language