colptha

Irish

Noun 1

colptha m or f (genitive singular colptha, nominative plural colpthaí)

1. Alternative form of colpa (“calf (of leg); handle (of flail); cudgel”)

Declension

Declension of colptha

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative colptha colpthaí Vocative a cholptha a cholpthaí Genitive colptha colpthaí Dative colptha colpthaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an colptha na colpthaí Genitive an cholptha na gcolpthaí Dative leis an gcolptha don cholptha leis na colpthaí

Alternative declension

Declension of colptha

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative colptha colpthaí Vocative a cholptha a cholpthaí Genitive colptha colpthaí Dative colptha colpthaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cholptha na colpthaí Genitive na colptha na gcolpthaí Dative leis an gcolptha don cholptha leis na colpthaí

Noun 2

colptha m (genitive singular colptha, nominative plural colpthaí)

1. Alternative form of colpa (“collop”)

Declension

Declension of colptha

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative colptha colpthaí Vocative a cholptha a cholpthaí Genitive colptha colpthaí Dative colptha colpthaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an colptha na colpthaí Genitive an cholptha na gcolpthaí Dative leis an gcolptha don cholptha leis na colpthaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
colptha	cholptha	gcolptha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colptha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN