# cothrom
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* comhthrom (obsolete)
* cothromach (adjective only)

### Etymology

By surface analysis, comh- +‎ trom. From Middle Irish comthrom (“of the same weight”), replacing earlier Old Irish cutrummae (“of the same weight”), com- +‎ trummae.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈkɔɾˠhəmˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈkɔhɾˠəmˠ/

### Adjective

cothrom (genitive singular masculine cothroim, genitive singular feminine cothroime, plural cothroma, comparative cothroime)
* equally heavy, balanced
* equal
* level
    Synonym: cothromúil

#### Declension

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

#### Derived terms

* cluiche cothrom (“evenly-played, drawn, game”)
* cothromaigh (“even, level; balance, equalize”, transitive verb)
* cothromán m (“horizontal”)
* cothromas m (“equity”)
* cothromóir m (“leveller; equalizer; trimmer”)

#### Related terms

* cothromaíocht f (“evenness, balance; equilibrium”)
* cothromaitheach (“balancing”, adjective)
* cothrománach (“horizontal”, adjective)
* cothromasach (“equitable”, adjective)

### 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

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
cothrom
cothroim
vocative
a chothroim
a chothroma
genitive
cothroim
cothrom
dative
cothrom
cothroim
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an cothrom
na cothroim
genitive
an chothroim
na gcothrom
dative
leis an gcothrom don chothrom
leis na cothroim :

#### Derived terms

* cothrom an lae (“anniversary”)
* céim chothroim (“equative”)
* cothrom na Féinne (“fair play”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 281, page 140
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 43

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cothrom”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cothrom”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “cothrom”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comthrom”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰɔrˠəm/

### Adjective

cothrom
* (mathematics) even (not odd)
    Antonym: còrr

### Noun

cothrom m (genitive singular cothruim, plural cothroman)
* chance, opportunity
* balance, equilibrium, equity, impartiality
* scales, balance (device)
* justice

#### Derived terms

* ana-cothrom (“disadvantage, unfairness”)
* co-chothrom (“balance”)
* co-chothromach (“symmetrical”)
* cothromach (“fair, just, impartial”)
* mì-chothrom (“disadvantage, unfairness”)
* thoir cothrom do (“enable”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comthrom”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language