coimeád

== Irish == === Alternative forms === coimhead (Ulster) cimeád (Munster) coimead, coiméad, coimeud === Etymology === From Old Irish coimét (“act of keeping, guarding, preserving”), verbal noun of con·eim and con·ói. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic coimhead. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈmʲɑːd̪ˠ/ and see: cimeád (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɨmʲad̪ˠ/ and see: coimhead === Verb === coimeád (present analytic coimeádann, future analytic coimeádfaidh, verbal noun coimeád, past participle coimeádta) to keep, hold, maintain to observe (take note of and celebrate) to guard to detain (put under custody) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== coinnigh ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === coimeád m (genitive singular coimeádta) verbal noun of coimeád keeping, maintenance observance retention ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “coiṁéadaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 162 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coimeád”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN