cochán

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈxɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔxɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔxanˠ/, /ˈkɔxənˠ/

Noun

cochán m (genitive singular cocháin)

1. straw (dried stalks considered collectively)

   Synonym: tuí

Declension

Declension of cochán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cochán Vocative a chocháin Genitive cocháin Dative cochán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cochán Genitive an chocháin Dative leis an gcochán don chochán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cochán	chochán	gcochán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cochán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 158
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cochán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN