coirneach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAdjective
editcoirneach (genitive singular masculine coirnigh, genitive singular feminine coirní, plural coirneacha, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of coirneach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | coirneach | choirneach | coirneacha; choirneacha² | |
Vocative | choirnigh | coirneacha | ||
Genitive | coirní | coirneacha | coirneach | |
Dative | coirneach; choirneach¹ |
choirneach; choirnigh (archaic) |
coirneacha; choirneacha² | |
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.
Noun
editcoirneach m (genitive singular coirnigh, nominative plural coirnigh)
Declension
editDeclension of coirneach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
edit- (osprey): iascaire coirneach, ospróg
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
coirneach | choirneach | gcoirneach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cairnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cóirneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 167
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coirneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN