codlatach

Irish

Etymology

From codladh, codlata (“sleep”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

codlatach (genitive singular masculine codlataigh, genitive singular feminine codlataí, plural codlatacha, comparative codlataí)

1. sleepy, drowsy
2. dormant

Declension

Declension of codlatach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	codlatach	chodlatach	codlatacha; chodlatacha²
Vocative	chodlataigh		codlatacha
Genitive		codlataí	codlatacha	codlatach
Dative	codlatach; chodlatach¹	chodlatach; chodlataigh (archaic)	codlatacha; chodlatacha²
Comparative	níos codlataí
Superlative	is codlataí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• (sleepy, drowsy): néalmhar, suanmhar
• (dormant): suanach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
codlatach	chodlatach	gcodlatach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “codlatach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN