col ceathrair
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
col ceathrair m (genitive singular coil cheathrair, nominative plural colanna ceathrair)
Usage notes edit
- Term derives from the degree of separation between oneself and their first cousin, literally involving four persons (self, one's parent, that parent's sibling, that sibling's child).
See also edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
col ceathrair | chol ceathrair | gcol ceathrair |
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) “col ceathrair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “col ceathrair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.