coitcheann

Irish

Adjective

coitcheann (genitive singular masculine coitchinn, genitive singular feminine coitchinne, plural coitcheanna, comparative coitchinne)

1. Obsolete spelling of coiteann (“common, general”).

Declension

Declension of coitcheann

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	coitcheann	choitcheann	coitcheanna; choitcheanna²
Vocative	choitchinn		coitcheanna
Genitive		coitchinne	coitcheanna	coitcheann
Dative	coitcheann; choitcheann¹	choitcheann; choitchinn (archaic)	coitcheanna; choitcheanna²
Comparative	níos coitchinne
Superlative	is coitchinne

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

Noun

coitcheann m (genitive singular coitchinn)

1. Obsolete spelling of coiteann (“commonalty; community; common”).

Declension

Declension of coitcheann

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative coitcheann Vocative a choitchinn Genitive coitchinn Dative coitcheann

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an coitcheann Genitive an choitchinn Dative leis an gcoitcheann don choitcheann

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coitcheann	choitcheann	gcoitcheann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coitcheann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish coitchenn (whence also Manx cadjin and Irish coiteann), from Proto-Celtic *kom-teges-nos.

Adjective

coitcheann

1. common, shared, public
2. general

Derived terms

• coinneamh choitcheann bhliadhnail
• Creideas Coitcheann
• taghadh coitcheann
• uile-choitcheann

 

Noun

coitcheann m (genitive singular coitchinn, plural coitcheannan)

1. common; common grazings shared between crofters (of land)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
coitcheann	choitcheann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.