collaí
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See also: collai
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish collaide, from Old Irish colnide (“corporeal; carnal”). By surface analysis, colainn + -aí.
Adjective[edit]
collaí
- sexual (of sex)
- carnal
- Synonyms: craicinn, na colainne
- (euphemistic) intimate (sexual)
- Synonym: gnéasach
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
collaí | chollaí | gcollaí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “collaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “colnaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language