# coimhead
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈkɨ̞vʲad̪ˠ/, (older) /ˈkɨ̞̃vʲad̪ˠ/

### Verb

coimhead (present analytic coimheadann, future analytic coimheadfaidh, verbal noun coimhead, past participle coimheadta)
* Ulster form of coimeád

#### Conjugation

| verbal noun | coimhead | coimhead | coimhead | coimhead | coimhead | coimhead | coimhead | coimhead |
| past participle | coimheadta | coimheadta | coimheadta | coimheadta | coimheadta | coimheadta | coimheadta | coimheadta |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | coimheadaim | coimheadann tú; coimheadair$^†$ | coimheadann sé, sí | coimheadaimid | coimheadann sibh | coimheadann siad; coimheadaid$^†$ | a choimheadann; a choimheadas / a gcoimheadann* | coimheadtar |
| past | choimhead mé; choimheadas | choimhead tú; choimheadais | choimhead sé, sí | choimheadamar; choimhead muid | choimhead sibh; choimheadabhair | choimhead siad; choimheadadar | a choimhead / ar choimhead* | coimheadadh |
| past habitual | choimheadainn / gcoimheadainn‡‡ | choimheadtá / gcoimheadtá‡‡ | choimheadadh sé, sí / gcoimheadadh sé, sí‡‡ | choimheadaimis; choimheadadh muid / gcoimheadaimis‡‡; gcoimheadadh muid‡‡ | choimheadadh sibh / gcoimheadadh sibh‡‡ | choimheadaidís; choimheadadh siad / gcoimheadaidís‡‡; gcoimheadadh siad‡‡ | a choimheadadh / a gcoimheadadh* | choimheadtaí / gcoimheadtaí‡‡ |
| future | coimheadfaidh mé; coimheadfad | coimheadfaidh tú; coimheadfair$^†$ | coimheadfaidh sé, sí | coimheadfaimid; coimheadfaidh muid | coimheadfaidh sibh | coimheadfaidh siad; coimheadfaid$^†$ | a choimheadfaidh; a choimheadfas / a gcoimheadfaidh* | coimheadfar |
| conditional | choimheadfainn / gcoimheadfainn‡‡ | choimheadfá / gcoimheadfá‡‡ | choimheadfadh sé, sí / gcoimheadfadh sé, sí‡‡ | choimheadfaimis; choimheadfadh muid / gcoimheadfaimis‡‡; gcoimheadfadh muid‡‡ | choimheadfadh sibh / gcoimheadfadh sibh‡‡ | choimheadfaidís; choimheadfadh siad / gcoimheadfaidís‡‡; gcoimheadfadh siad‡‡ | a choimheadfadh / a gcoimheadfadh* | choimheadfaí / gcoimheadfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| present | go gcoimheada mé; go gcoimheadad$^†$ | go gcoimheada tú; go gcoimheadair$^†$ | go gcoimheada sé, sí | go gcoimheadaimid; go gcoimheada muid | go gcoimheada sibh | go gcoimheada siad; go gcoimheadaid$^†$ | — | go gcoimheadtar |
| past | dá gcoimheadainn | dá gcoimheadtá | dá gcoimheadadh sé, sí | dá gcoimheadaimis; dá gcoimheadadh muid | dá gcoimheadadh sibh | dá gcoimheadaidís; dá gcoimheadadh siad | — | dá gcoimheadtaí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | coimheadaim | coimhead | coimheadadh sé, sí | coimheadaimis | coimheadaigí; coimheadaidh$^†$ | coimheadaidís | — | coimheadtar |
*indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Noun

coimhead m (genitive singular coimheadta)
* Ulster form of coimeád

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
coimhead
vocative
a choimhead
genitive
coimheadta
dative
coimhead
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an coimhead
genitive
an choimheadta
dative
leis an gcoimhead don choimhead :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish coimét, verbal noun of con·eim (“protects, preserves, secures”).

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈkʰõ.at̪/, /ˈkʰũ.at̪/, [ˈkʰʉ̃˧˥.at̪˥˩] (as if spelled cumhad)
* (Harris, North Uist, Benbecula) IPA: /ˈkʰɛ̃.at̪/, /ˈkʰɛ̃.ət̪/
* (Scalpay, Skye) IPA: /ˈkʰɛ̃.at̪/, /ˈkʰɔ̃ĩ.at̪/
* (South Uist, Eriskay, Barra) IPA: /ˈkʰɔ̃ĩ.at̪/, [ˈkʰɔ̝̃ĩ.at̪]
* (Wester Ross) IPA: /ˈkʰɔ̃.at̪/

### Verb

coimhead (past choimhead, future coimheadaidh or coimhdidh, verbal noun coimhead, past participle coimheadte)
* keep
* look
* watch

#### Synonyms

* amhairc

### Noun

coimhead m (genitive singular coimhid)
* verbal noun of coimhead

#### Derived terms

* maor-coimhid

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎, Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
* ↑ Seanchas Shlèite
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN