col seisir
Irish edit
Noun edit
col seisir m (genitive singular coil sheisir, nominative plural colanna seisir)
Usage notes edit
- Term derives from the degree of separation between oneself and one's second cousin, literally involving six persons (self, one's parent, one's grandparent, that grandparent's sibling, that sibling's child, that child's child).
See also edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
col seisir | chol seisir | gcol seisir |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “col seisir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “col seisir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.