coitcheann
Irish
Adjective
coitcheann (genitive singular masculine coitchinn, genitive singular feminine coitchinne, plural coitcheanna, comparative coitchinne)
Declension
Declension of coitcheann
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | coitcheann | choitcheann | coitcheanna; choitcheanna² | |
Vocative | choitchinn | coitcheanna | ||
Genitive | coitchinne | coitcheanna | coitcheann | |
Dative | coitcheann; choitcheann¹ |
choitcheann; choitchinn (archaic) |
coitcheanna; choitcheanna² | |
Comparative | níos coitchinne | |||
Superlative | is coitchinne |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
coitcheann m (genitive singular coitchinn)
Declension
Declension of coitcheann
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
coitcheann | choitcheann | gcoitcheann |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coitcheann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish coitchenn (whence also Manx cadjin and Irish coiteann), from Old Irish coitchen, from Proto-Celtic *kom-teges-nos[1][2].
Adjective
coitcheann
Derived terms
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
coitcheann | choitcheann |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- ^ Joseph Vendryes, Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien
- ^ T. F. O’Rahilly, Ériu 13:158
Categories:
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish obsolete forms
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives