cothú

See also: coþu and cơ thủ

Irish

Alternative forms

• cothughadh (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈhuː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔhuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔhu/

Noun

cothú m (genitive singular cothaithe)

1. verbal noun of cothaigh
2. food, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance

Declension

Declension of cothú

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cothú Vocative a chothú Genitive cothaithe Dative cothú

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cothú Genitive an chothaithe Dative leis an gcothú don chothú

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cothú	chothú	gcothú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cothú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50