codladh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cotlud m (“act of sleeping, sleep”), verbal noun of con·tuili (“sleeps, falls asleep”); synchronically codail (“sleep”, verb) +‎ -adh.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠə/
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌl̪ˠu/

Noun

codladh m (genitive singular codlata)

verbal noun of codail (“sleep”)
sleep, slumber
Tá codladh orm. ― I am sleepy.
(lit. "Sleep is on me")
Cuireann léamh codladh uirthi. ― Reading makes her sleepy.
(lit. "Reading puts sleep on her")
Tá mo dheartháir ina chodladh. ― My brother is asleep.
(lit. "My brother is in his sleep")

Declension

Declension of codladh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	codladh
Vocative	a chodladh
Genitive	codlata
Dative	codladh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an codladh
Genitive	an chodlata
Dative	leis an gcodladh don chodladh

Derived terms

codladh driúraic m, codladh gliúragáin m, codladh grifín m (“pins and needles”)
codlatach (“sleepy, drowsy; dormant”, adjective)
codlatacht f (“sleepiness, drowsiness”)
codlatán m (“sleeper, sleepy-head; hibernating creature”)
codlatóir m (“sleeper”)
cóiste codlata m (“sleeping-car”)
deora codlata m (“sleeping-draught”)
díth codlata f (“sleeplessness”)
laom codlata m (“snatch of sleep”)
log codlata m (“sleeping-place”)
mála codlata m (“sleeping-bag”)
néal codlata m (“wink of sleep”)
neamhchodladh m (“insomnia”)
sámhán codlata m (“nap, doze”)
seomra codlata m (“bedroom”)
slán codlata! (“good-night!”)
snap codlata m (“short sleep”)
tionnúr codlata m (“wink of sleep; nap, snooze”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
codladh	chodladh	gcodladh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"codladh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“cotlud” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.