col ceathrair

Irish

Alternative forms

• col ceathar, colceathair

Noun

col ceathrair m (genitive singular coil cheathrair, nominative plural col ceathracha)

1. (first) cousin

Usage notes

• Term derives from the degree of separation between oneself and their first cousin, literally involving four persons (self, one's parent, that parent's sibling, that sibling's child).

See also

• col cúigir
• col seachtair
• col seisir

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
col ceathrair	chol ceathrair	gcol ceathrair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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