coillteach
Irish
Etymology
From coillte (“woods”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
coillteach (genitive singular masculine coilltigh, genitive singular feminine coilltí, plural coillteacha, comparative coilltí)
- wooded, sylvan, timbered
- Synonyms: crannach, crannmhar, faoi chrainn, faoi choillte
Declension
Declension of coillteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | coillteach | choillteach | coillteacha; choillteacha² | |
| Vocative | choilltigh | coillteacha | ||
| Genitive | coilltí | coillteacha | coillteach | |
| Dative | coillteach; choillteach¹ |
choillteach; choilltigh (archaic) |
coillteacha; choillteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos coilltí | |||
| Superlative | is coilltí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coillteach | choillteach | gcoillteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coillteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coillteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coillteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024