colpach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
colpach (genitive singular masculine colpaigh, genitive singular feminine colpaí, plural colpacha, comparative colpaí)
Declension edit
Declension of colpach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | colpach | cholpach | colpacha; cholpacha² | |
Vocative | cholpaigh | colpacha | ||
Genitive | colpaí | colpacha | colpach | |
Dative | colpach; cholpach¹ |
cholpach; cholpaigh (archaic) |
colpacha; cholpacha² | |
Comparative | níos colpaí | |||
Superlative | is colpaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun edit
colpach f (genitive singular colpaí, nominative plural colpacha)
Declension edit
Declension of colpach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
colpach | cholpach | gcolpach |
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) “colpach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “colpach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “colpach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 53