collaí
See also: collai
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish collaide, colnaide (“of the body, corporeal, sensuous; carnal, sensual”).
Adjective
collaí
- sexual (of sex)
- carnal
- Synonyms: craicinn, na colainne
- (euphemistic) intimate (sexual)
- Synonym: gnéasach
Derived terms
- caidreamh collaí m (“sexual intercourse”)
- collaíocht f (“carnality, lust; sexuality”)
- fios collaí m (“carnal knowledge”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
collaí | chollaí | gcollaí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “collaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “colnaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language