cothrom

Irish

Alternative forms

comhthrom (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish comthrom (“of the same weight”), equivalent to comh- +‎ trom.

Adjective

cothrom (genitive singular masculine cothroim, genitive singular feminine cothroime, plural cothroma, comparative cothroime)

Declension

Declension of cothrom

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cothrom	chothrom	cothroma; chothroma²
Vocative	chothroim	chothrom	cothroma
Genitive	chothroim	cothroime	cothroma	cothrom
Dative	cothrom; chothrom¹	chothrom; chothroim (archaic)	cothroma; chothroma²
Comparative	níos cothroime
Superlative	is cothroime

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

cothromas (“equity”)
cluiche cothrom (“evenly-played, drawn, game”)

Noun

cothrom m (genitive singular cothroim, nominative plural cothroim)

an equal weight

a chothrom d'ór ― his weight in gold
equity, justice, fair play

ar an gcothrom ― on the level
a level area (of ground etc., also figuratively)

cothrom sa bhféar ghlas ― an even place in the grass

i gcothrom le ― equal to, level with

Declension

Declension of cothrom

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cothrom	cothroim
Vocative	a chothroim	a chothroma
Genitive	cothroim	cothrom
Dative	cothrom	cothroim

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cothrom	na cothroim
Genitive	an chothroim	na gcothrom
Dative	leis an gcothrom don chothrom	leis na cothroim

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cothrom	chothrom	gcothrom
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish comthrom (“of the same weight”), equivalent to co- +‎ trom.

Adjective

cothrom

(mathematics) even (not odd)

Antonyms

còrr

Noun

cothrom m (genitive singular cothruim, plural cothroman)

chance, opportunity
balance, equilibrium, equity, impartiality
scales, balance (device)
justice

Derived terms

Terms derived from cothrom

ana-cothrom (“disadvantage, unfairness”)
co-chothrom (“balance”)

co-chothromach (“symmetrical”)
cothromach (“fair, just, impartial”)

mì-chothrom (“disadvantage, unfairness”)
thoir cothrom do (“enable”)

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