coilleadh

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkil̠ʲu(ː)/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish coilled, alternative form of collud (“violation, destruction”), verbal noun of Old Irish coillid (“to violate, destroy”).

Noun

coilleadh m (genitive singular coillte)

1. verbal noun of coill (“to castrate”)
2. castration
3. violation

Declension

Declension of coilleadh (irregular, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative coilleadh vocative a choilleadh genitive coillte dative coilleadh forms with the definite article singular nominative an coilleadh genitive an choillte dative leis an gcoilleadh don choilleadh

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

coilleadh

1. inflection of coill:
   1. autonomous past indicative
   2. third-person singular imperative

Noun

coilleadh f

1. (archaic or dialectal) genitive singular of coill

Mutation

Mutated forms of coilleadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coilleadh	choilleadh	gcoilleadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “coilleaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 221; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coilleadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coilled”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Noun

coilleadh m

1. alternative form of coilleach

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern Hebridean) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɤʎəɣ/

Noun

coilleadh f (Southern Hebridean, Skye, archaic)

1. genitive singular of coille

Mutation

Mutation of coilleadh

radical	lenition
coilleadh	choilleadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.