colaireicteach

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English colorectal + -ach (compare reicteach (“rectal”)).

Adjective

colaireicteach (genitive singular masculine colaireictigh, genitive singular feminine colaireictí, plural colaireicteacha, not comparable)

1. (medicine) colorectal

Declension

Declension of colaireicteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	colaireicteach	cholaireicteach	colaireicteacha; cholaireicteacha²
Vocative	cholaireictigh		colaireicteacha
Genitive		colaireictí	colaireicteacha	colaireicteach
Dative	colaireicteach; cholaireicteach¹	cholaireicteach; cholaireictigh (archaic)	colaireicteacha; cholaireicteacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• drólann

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
colaireicteach	cholaireicteach	gcolaireicteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.