Colómach

Irish

Etymology

From an Cholóim (“Colombia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Colómach (genitive singular masculine Colómaigh, genitive singular feminine Colómaí, plural Colómacha, not comparable)

1. Colombian

Declension

Declension of Colómach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Colómach	Cholómach	Colómacha; Cholómacha²
Vocative	Cholómaigh		Colómacha
Genitive		Colómaí	Colómacha	Colómach
Dative	Colómach; Cholómach¹	Cholómach; Cholómaigh (archaic)	Colómacha; Cholómacha²
Comparative	níos Colómaí
Superlative	is Colómaí

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

Noun

Colómach m (genitive singular Colómaigh, nominative plural Colómaigh)

1. Colombian

Declension

Declension of Colómach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Colómach Colómaigh Vocative a Cholómaigh a Cholómacha Genitive Colómaigh Colómach Dative Colómach Colómaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Colómach na Colómaigh Genitive an Cholómaigh na gColómach Dative leis an gColómach don Cholómach leis na Colómaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Colómach	Cholómach	gColómach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Colómach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Colómach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024