coiléar

See also: coilear

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish coilér, a borrowing from Middle English coler, from Anglo-Norman coler, from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collum (“neck”).

Noun

coiléar m (genitive singular coiléir, nominative plural coiléir)

1. collar
2. (nautical) truss

Alternative forms

• coileár

Derived terms

• coiléar capaill m (“horsecollar”)
• coiléar giordáin m (“yard truss”)
• coiléar madra m (“dog collar”)

Descendants

• → Yola: khulears (plural)

Etymology 2

Noun

coiléar m (genitive singular coiléir, nominative plural coiléir)

1. Alternative form of cairéal (“quarry”)

Declension

Declension of coiléar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative coiléar coiléir Vocative a choiléir a choiléara Genitive coiléir coiléar Dative coiléar coiléir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an coiléar na coiléir Genitive an choiléir na gcoiléar Dative leis an gcoiléar don choiléar leis na coiléir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coiléar	choiléar	gcoiléar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coiléar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coilér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language