coilleadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coilled, alternative form of collud (“act of violating, infringing, destroying, losing; destruction”), verbal noun of coillid (“damages, violates; destroys”).

Noun

coilleadh m (genitive singular coillte)

1. verbal noun of coill (“geld, castrate; violate, despoil; expurgate”)
2. castration
3. violation; robbery
4. expurgation

Declension

Declension of coilleadh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative coilleadh Vocative a choilleadh Genitive coillte Dative coilleadh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an coilleadh Genitive an choillte Dative leis an gcoilleadh don choilleadh

Etymology 2

Noun

coilleadh f

1. (archaic or dialectal) genitive singular of coill

References

• 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

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

coilleadh m

1. Alternative form of coilleach