comguide

Old Irish

Etymology

An ad hoc formation from com- (“together”) +‎ guide (“prayer”); the normal, expected formation would be *coingde.

Noun

comguide f

1. praying together

Declension

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	comguideL	comguidiL	comguidi
vocative	comguideL	comguidiL	comguidi
accusative	comguidiN	comguidiL	comguidi
genitive	comguide	comguideL	comguideN
dative	comguidiL	comguidib	comguidib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Mutation

Mutation of comguide

radical	lenition	nasalization
comguide	chomguide	comguide 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), “comguide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language