coibhín fia-chailleach

Irish

Etymology

coibhín (“coven”) +‎ fia-chailleach (“witch”).

Noun

coibhín fia-chailleach m (genitive singular coibhín fia-chailleach, nominative plural coibhíní fia-chailleach)

1. coven (formal group or assembly of witches)

   Synonym: coibhín

Declension

Declension of coibhín fia-chailleach

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coibhín fia-chailleach coibhíní fia-chailleach Vocative a choibhín fia-chailleach a choibhíní fia-chailleach Genitive coibhín fia-chailleach coibhíní fia-chailleach Dative coibhín fia-chailleach coibhíní fia-chailleach

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an coibhín fia-chailleach na coibhíní fia-chailleach Genitive an choibhín fia-chailleach na gcoibhíní fia-chailleach Dative leis an gcoibhín fia-chailleach don choibhín fia-chailleach leis na coibhíní fia-chailleach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coibhín fia-chailleach	choibhín fia-chailleach	gcoibhín fia-chailleach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “coibhín fia-chailleach”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2024