coimhdeacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coimitecht, comaitecht, coimdecht (“act of going together; act of agreeing with, favouring, conniving at, etc.; act of accompanying, escorting, protecting”), verbal noun of con·éitet (“goes with, accompanies; agrees with, yields to, indulges, connives at, spares, allows”).

Noun

coimhdeacht f (genitive singular coimhdeachta)

accompaniment, companionship
1. (as verbal noun, ag ~) accompanying, escorting
concomitance
subsidiarity

Declension

Declension of coimhdeacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	coimhdeacht
Vocative	a choimhdeacht
Genitive	coimhdeachta
Dative	coimhdeacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an choimhdeacht
Genitive	na coimhdeachta
Dative	leis an gcoimhdeacht don choimhdeacht

Derived terms

Terms derived from coimhdeacht

aingeal coimhdeachta (“guardian angel”)
bean choimhdeachta (“lady's maid, lady-in-waiting; chaperon”)
coimhdeacht a dhéanamh ar dhuine (“to accompany, escort, someone; to chaperon someone”)

deamhan coimhdeachta (“familiar spirit; evil genius”)
lucht coimhdeachta (“retinue, attendants”)
pláinéad coimhdeachta (“satellite”) (planet)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coimhdeacht	choimhdeacht	gcoimhdeacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.