cothaigh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cothaigid (“supports, sustains, maintains, preserves; feeds, nourishes”, verb). By surface analysis, coth (“food, sustenance”) +‎ -igh (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔhɪɟ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔhə/
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔhiː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔhi/

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Verb

cothaigh (present analytic cothaíonn, future analytic cothóidh, verbal noun cothú, past participle cothaithe)

(transitive) to feed, nourish, sustain
Synonym: cothabháil
(transitive) to stir up, foment, foster
Synonym: cothabháil

Conjugation

Conjugation of *cothaigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	cothaím	cothaíonn tú; cothaír^†	cothaíonn sé, sí	cothaímid; cothaíonn muid	cothaíonn sibh	cothaíonn siad; cothaíd^†	a chothaíonn; a chothaíos	cothaítear
past	chothaigh mé; chothaíos	chothaigh tú; chothaís	chothaigh sé, sí	chothaíomar; chothaigh muid	chothaigh sibh; chothaíobhair	chothaigh siad; chothaíodar	a chothaigh	cothaíodh
past habitual	chothaínn / cothaínn^‡	chothaíteá / cothaíteá^‡	chothaíodh sé, sí / cothaíodh sé, sí^‡	chothaímis; chothaíodh muid / cothaímis^‡; cothaíodh muid^‡	chothaíodh sibh / cothaíodh sibh^‡	chothaídís; chothaíodh / cothaídís^‡; cothaíodh siad^‡	a chothaíodh	chothaítí / cothaítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	cothóidh mé; cothód; cothóchaidh mé^†	cothóidh tú; cothóir^†; cothóchaidh tú^†	cothóidh sé, sí; cothóchaidh sé, sí^†	cothóimid; cothóidh muid; cothóchaimid^†; cothóchaidh muid^†	cothóidh sibh; cothóchaidh sibh^†	cothóidh siad; cothóid^†; cothóchaidh siad^†	a chothóidh; a chothós; a chothóchaidh^†; a chothóchas^†	cothófar; cothóchar^†
conditional	chothóinn; chothóchainn^† / cothóinn^‡; cothóchainn^†^‡	chothófá; chothóchthá^† / cothófá^‡; cothóchthá^†^‡	chothódh sé, sí; chothóchadh sé, sí^† / cothódh sé, sí^‡; cothóchadh sé, sí^†^‡	chothóimis; chothódh muid; chothóchaimis^†; chothóchadh muid^† / cothóimis^‡; cothódh muid^‡; cothóchaimis^†^‡; cothóchadh muid^†^‡	chothódh sibh; chothóchadh sibh^† / cothódh sibh^‡; cothóchadh sibh^†^‡	chothóidís; chothódh siad; chothóchaidís^†; chothóchadh siad^† / cothóidís^‡; cothódh siad^‡; cothóchaidís^†^‡; cothóchadh siad^†^‡	a chothódh; a chothóchadh^†	chothófaí; chothóchthaí^† / cothófaí^‡; cothóchthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go gcothaí mé; go gcothaíod^†	go gcothaí tú; go gcothaír^†	go gcothaí sé, sí	go gcothaímid; go gcothaí muid	go gcothaí sibh	go gcothaí siad; go gcothaíd^†	—	go gcothaítear
past	dá gcothaínn	dá gcothaíteá	dá gcothaíodh sé, sí	dá gcothaímis; dá gcothaíodh muid	dá gcothaíodh sibh	dá gcothaídís; dá gcothaíodh siad	—	dá gcothaítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	cothaím	cothaigh	cothaíodh sé, sí	cothaímis	cothaígí; cothaídh^†	cothaídís	—	cothaítear

past participle	cothaithe

verbal noun	cothú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

cothaitheach m (“nutrient”)
cothaitheach (“feeding, sustaining; fattening”, adjective)
cothaitheacht f (“fatness, obesity”)
cothaitheoir m (“feeder; inciter, instigator”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cothaigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cothaigh	chothaigh	gcothaigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.