col ceathrair
Irish
Alternative forms
Noun
col ceathrair m (genitive singular coil cheathrair, nominative plural colanna ceathrair)
Usage notes
- Term derives from the degree of separation between oneself and their first cousin, literally involving four persons (self, one's parent, that parent's sibling, that sibling's child).
See also
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
col ceathrair | chol ceathrair | gcol ceathrair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “col ceathrair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “col ceathrair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024