Colómach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom an Cholóim (“Colombia”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editColómach (genitive singular masculine Colómaigh, genitive singular feminine Colómaí, plural Colómacha, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of Colómach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editColómach m (genitive singular Colómaigh, nominative plural Colómaigh)
Declension
editDeclension of Colómach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Colómach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Colómach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024