commus

Old Irish

Alternative forms

comus

Etymology

From com- +‎ mess.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈko.mus/
- (Blasse) [ˈko.mus]
- (Griffith) [ˈko.møs]

Noun

commus m

verbal noun of con·midethar
power, ability, capacity

Declension

Masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	commus	commus^L	coimse^H
vocative	commus	commus^L	coimsiu
accusative	commus^N	commus^L	coimsiu
genitive	coimseo^H, coimsea^H	coimseo^L, coimsea^L	coimse^N
dative	commus^L	coimsib	coimsib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Related terms

cuimse

Mutation

Mutation of *commus*
radical	lenition	nasalization
commus	chommus	commus 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), “commus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language