From coimeád (“keep; observe; guard; hold; maintain; detain”) + -án.
coimeádán m (genitive singular coimeádáin, nominative plural coimeádáin)
- container, holder, chamber
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coimeádán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coimeádán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coimeádán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024