coirceogach

Irish

Etymology

From coirceog (“(conical) hive; cone”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

coirceogach (genitive singular masculine coirceogaigh, genitive singular feminine coirceogaí, plural coirceogacha, comparative coirceogaí)

1. hive-shaped, conical

   Synonyms: cónach, cónúil

Declension

Declension of coirceogach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	coirceogach	choirceogach	coirceogacha; choirceogacha²
Vocative	choirceogaigh		coirceogacha
Genitive		coirceogaí	coirceogacha	coirceogach
Dative	coirceogach; choirceogach¹	choirceogach; choirceogaigh (archaic)	coirceogacha; choirceogacha²
Comparative	níos coirceogaí
Superlative	is coirceogaí

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

Derived terms

• clochán coirceogach (“beehive hut”)
• roth coirceogach (“cone-wheel”)
• ulóg choirceogach (“cone-pulley”)

 

Related terms

• coirceogacht f (“conicity”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coirceogach	choirceogach	gcoirceogach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coirceogach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coirceogach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coirceogach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024