coirceogach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From coirceog (“(conical) hive; cone”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]coirceogach (genitive singular masculine coirceogaigh, genitive singular feminine coirceogaí, plural coirceogacha, comparative coirceogaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of coirceogach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | coirceogach | choirceogach | coirceogacha; choirceogacha² | |
| Vocative | choirceogaigh | coirceogacha | ||
| Genitive | coirceogaí | coirceogacha | coirceogach | |
| Dative | coirceogach; choirceogach¹ |
choirceogach; choirceogaigh (archaic) |
coirceogacha; choirceogacha² | |
| Comparative | níos coirceogaí | |||
| Superlative | is coirceogaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- clochán coirceogach (“beehive hut”)
- roth coirceogach (“cone-wheel”)
- ulóg choirceogach (“cone-pulley”)
Related terms
[edit]- coirceogacht f (“conicity”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coirceogach | choirceogach | gcoirceogach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coirceogach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coirceogach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coirceogach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024