coch

Scots

Etymology

Middle English; of imitative origin. See also German keuchen, Dutch kuchen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːx/

Noun

coch

1. cough

Verb

coch (third-person singular simple present cochs, present participle cochin, simple past cocht, past participle cocht)

1. to cough

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh coch, from Proto-Brythonic *kox, borrowed from Latin coccum (“scarlet berry”), from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “berry”). Cognate with Cornish kogh (“scarlet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːχ/
• Rhymes: -oːχ

Adjective

coch (feminine singular coch, plural cochion, equative coched, comparative cochach, superlative cochaf)

1. red

Usage notes

• The plural can also be used as a noun.

Synonyms

• rhudd

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coch	goch	nghoch	choch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)

gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
gwyrdd leim	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc