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comalta
comalta
Old Irish
Noun
comalta m
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
| Old 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
- “comalta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.