cothabhálach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From cothabháil (“sustenance, maintenance”) + -ach.
Adjective edit
cothabhálach (genitive singular masculine cothabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine cothabhálaí, plural cothabhálacha, comparative cothabhálaí)
Declension edit
Declension of cothabhálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cothabhálach | chothabhálach | cothabhálacha; chothabhálacha² | |
| Vocative | chothabhálaigh | cothabhálacha | ||
| Genitive | cothabhálaí | cothabhálacha | cothabhálach | |
| Dative | cothabhálach; chothabhálach¹ |
chothabhálach; chothabhálaigh (archaic) |
cothabhálacha; chothabhálacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cothabhálaí | |||
| Superlative | is cothabhálaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
- féinchothabhálach (“self-sustaining”, adjective)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cothabhálach | chothabhálach | gcothabhálach |
| 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) “cothabhálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN