Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish cochall, from Latin cucullus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cochall m (genitive singular cochaill, nominative plural cochaill)

  1. hood, hooded garment
  2. cowl, mantle, scarf
  3. (botany) capsule, pod
  4. hackle (of cock, figuratively of a person)
  5. (anatomy, of animal) scrotum
  6. (fishing) scoop net, landing net

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

  • cochallach (hooded, cowled, hood-shaped; capsular, podded; hot-tempered, angry; bushy, adjective)
  • cochall simléir (chimney cowl)

Descendants edit

  • Scots: cahill

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cochall chochall gcochall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin cucullus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cochall m (genitive cochaill, nominative plural cochaill)

  1. cowl, hood, hooded cloak
  2. (botany) husk

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cochall cochallL cochaillL
Vocative cochaill cochallL cochluH
Accusative cochallN cochallL cochluH
Genitive cochaillL cochall cochallN
Dative cochullL cochlaib cochlaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms edit

  • cochlach (hooded; wearing a hood, adjective)
  • cochlán m (little hood)

Descendants edit

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cochall chochall cochall
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish cochall, from Latin cucullus.

Noun edit

cochall m (genitive singular cochaill, plural cochaill or cochallan)

  1. cocoon, chrysalis, cochlea
  2. hood
  3. shell, husk, hull

References edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cochall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cochall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language