colg

colg

Irish

Alternative forms

• cealg

Etymology

From Old Irish colg, from Proto-Celtic *kolgā (compare Middle Welsh coly, Cornish colgh), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”)[1]

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠəɡ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlˠəɡ/, /ˈkɔl̪ˠəɡ/

Noun

colg m (genitive singular coilg, nominative plural coilg)

1. beard, awn (long or stiff hairs on a plant)
2. (literary) sword

   Synonym: claíomh

3. point (sharp tip of a weapon)
4. bristle

   Synonyms: guaire, ribe

5. prickle (small, sharp pointed object, especially on an animal)

   Synonyms: dealg, spíon

6. irritability (state or quality of being irritable)

   Synonyms: cantal, meirg

7. rage, fury, anger

   Synonyms: cuthach, fearg

Declension

Declension of colg

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative colg coilg Vocative a choilg a cholga Genitive coilg colg Dative colg coilg

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an colg na coilg Genitive an choilg na gcolg Dative leis an gcolg don cholg leis na coilg

Derived terms

• colgach
• colgaí
• colgán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
colg	cholg	gcolg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 212

Further reading

• “colg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “colg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “colg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 170
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “colg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 53
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21