comaltae

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *komaltyos. By surface analysis, com- +‎ altae.

Noun

comaltae m

1. foster sibling

Declension

Masculine io-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	comaltae	comaltaeL	comaltaiL
vocative	comaltai	comaltaeL	comaltu
accusative	comaltaeN	comaltaeL	comaltuH
genitive	comaltaiL	comaltaeL	comaltaeN
dative	comaltuL	comaltaib	comaltaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Middle Irish: comalta
  • Irish: comhalta

Mutation

Mutation of comaltae

radical	lenition	nasalization
comaltae	chomaltae	comaltae 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), “comalta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language