colpach
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
colpach (genitive singular masculine colpaigh, genitive singular feminine colpaí, plural colpacha, comparative colpaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of colpach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | colpach | cholpach | colpacha; cholpacha² | |
Vocative | cholpaigh | colpacha | ||
Genitive | colpaí | colpacha | colpach | |
Dative | colpach; cholpach¹ |
cholpach; cholpaigh (archaic) |
colpacha; cholpacha² | |
Comparative | níos colpaí | |||
Superlative | is colpaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun[edit]
colpach f (genitive singular colpaí, nominative plural colpacha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of colpach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
colpach | cholpach | gcolpach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colpach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “colpach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “colpach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 53