cothálach
Irish
Adjective
cothálach (genitive singular masculine cothálaigh, genitive singular feminine cothálaí, plural cothálacha, comparative cothálaí)
- Alternative form of cothabhálach (“sustaining, nourishing; productive of sustenance”)
Declension
Declension of cothálach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cothálach | chothálach | cothálacha; chothálacha² | |
Vocative | chothálaigh | cothálacha | ||
Genitive | cothálaí | cothálacha | cothálach | |
Dative | cothálach; chothálach¹ | chothálach; chothálaigh (archaic) | cothálacha; chothálacha² | |
Comparative | níos cothálaí | |||
Superlative | is cothálaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cothálach | chothálach | gcothálach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "cothálach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.