caogadú
Irish
edit| [a], [b] ← 40 | 50 | 60 → |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | ||
| Cardinal: caoga, leathchéad Ordinal: caogadú Attributive: caoga, leathchéad | ||
Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish cóecatmad.[2] By surface analysis, caogad + -ú
Adjective
editcaogadú (not comparable)
Declension
edit| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | caogadú | chaogadú | caogadú; chaogadú2 | |
| vocative | chaogadú | caogadú | ||
| genitive | caogadú | caogadú | caogadú | |
| dative | caogadú; chaogadú1 |
chaogadú | caogadú; chaogadú2 | |
| 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.
Mutation
edit| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| caogadú | chaogadú | gcaogadú |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ “caogadú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coícatmad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caogadṁaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 114
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caogadú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN