cochán

cochán

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈxɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔxɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔxanˠ/, /ˈkɔxənˠ/[1]

Noun

cochán m (genitive singular cocháin)

1. straw (dried stalks considered collectively)

   Synonym: tuí

Declension

Declension of cochán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cochán Vocative a chocháin Genitive cocháin Dative cochán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cochán Genitive an chocháin Dative leis an gcochán don chochán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cochán	chochán	gcochán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cochán” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• “coċán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 158.
• "cochán" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 12