coileach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyāko- (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₁- (“call”) (compare Latin calō, Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (“to low (of cows)”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA: [kəˈlʲax]
• (Connacht) IPA: [ˈkɛlʲəx]
• (Ulster) IPA: [ˈkɛlʲax], [ˈkɛlʲah]

Noun

coileach m (genitive coiligh, nominative plural coiligh)

1. cock, rooster

Declension

Declension of coileach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative coileach coiligh Vocative a choiligh a choileacha Genitive coiligh coileach Dative coileach coiligh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an coileach na coiligh Genitive an choiligh na gcoileach Dative leis an gcoileach don choileach leis na coiligh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coileach	choileach	gcoileach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyāko- (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₁- (“call”) (compare Latin calō, Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (“to low (of cows)”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkʰɤləx/

Noun

coileach m (genitive and plural coilich)

1. cock, rooster

Derived terms

• coileach-Frangach
• coileach Innseanach