cothabhálach
Irish
Alternative forms
- cothálach
Etymology
From cothabháil (“sustenance, maintenance”) + -ach.
Adjective
cothabhálach (genitive singular masculine cothabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine cothabhálaí, plural cothabhálacha, comparative cothabhálaí)
- sustaining, nourishing; productive of sustenance
Declension
Declension of cothabhálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cothabhálach | chothabhálach | cothabhálacha; chothabhálacha² | |
| Vocative | chothabhálaigh | cothabhálacha | ||
| Genitive | cothabhálaí | cothabhálacha | cothabhálach | |
| Dative | cothabhálach; chothabhálach¹ | chothabhálach; chothabhálaigh (archaic) | cothabhálacha; chothabhálacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cothabhálaí | |||
| Superlative | is cothabhálaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- féinchothabhálach (“self-sustaining”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cothabhálach | chothabhálach | gcothabhálach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "cothabhálach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.