Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cullach (boar; stallion).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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collach m (genitive singular collaigh, nominative plural collaigh)

  1. boar (male pig)
  2. male crab
    Synonym: collach portáin
  3. crude, fleshy, person

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
collach chollach gcollach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cullach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 206, page 79

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