colg

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish colg, from Proto-Celtic *kolgā (compare Middle Welsh coly, Cornish colgh), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (to beat, break)[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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colg m (genitive singular coilg, nominative plural coilg)

  1. beard, awn (long or stiff hairs on a plant)
  2. (literary) sword
    Synonym: claíomh
  3. point (sharp tip of a weapon)
  4. bristle
    Synonyms: guaire, ribe
  5. prickle (small, sharp pointed object, especially on an animal)
    Synonyms: dealg, spíon
  6. irritability (state or quality of being irritable)
    Synonyms: cantal, meirg
  7. rage, fury, anger
    Synonyms: cuthach, fearg

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
colg cholg gcolg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 212

Further reading

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