cóta

See also: cota and còta

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːt̪ˠə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːt̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cóta, borrowed from Anglo-Norman cote, cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Old Frankish *kotta (“coat”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô.

Noun

cóta m (genitive singular cóta, nominative plural cótaí)

1. a coat

Derived terms

• cóta báistí, cóta fearthainne (“raincoat”)
• cóta beag (“petticoat”)
• cóta cabhlach (“skirt and bodice; frock”)
• cóta dearg, cóta báinín dheirg (“red flannel petticoat”)
• cóta dúbailte (“double-breasted coat”)
• cóta eireabaill (“swallow-tail coat”)
• cóta fada (“long coat; (baby's) long robe”)
• cóta fionnaidh (“fur coat”)
• cóta fonsaí (“hooped petticoat, crinoline”)
• cóta giortach (“short coat”)
• cóta linbh (“child's frock”)
• cóta luascach (“swagger-coat”)
• cóta marcaigh (“riding-coat”)
• cóta mór (“greatcoat, overcoat”)
• seomra cótaí (“cloak-room”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

cóta m (genitive singular cóta, nominative plural cótaí)

1. Alternative form of cuóta (“quota”)

Declension

Declension of cóta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cóta cótaí Vocative a chóta a chótaí Genitive cóta cótaí Dative cóta cótaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cóta na cótaí Genitive an chóta na gcótaí Dative leis an gcóta don chóta leis na cótaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cóta	chóta	gcóta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cóta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cóta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language