colpthach

Irish

Adjective

colpthach (genitive singular masculine colpthaigh, genitive singular feminine colpthaí, plural colpthacha, comparative colpthaí)

1. Alternative form of colpach (“large-calved; strong-legged”)

Declension

Declension of colpthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	colpthach	cholpthach	colpthacha; cholpthacha²
Vocative	cholpthaigh		colpthacha
Genitive		colpthaí	colpthacha	colpthach
Dative	colpthach; cholpthach¹	cholpthach; cholpthaigh (archaic)	colpthacha; cholpthacha²
Comparative	níos colpthaí
Superlative	is colpthaí

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

Noun

colpthach f (genitive singular colpthaí, nominative plural colpthacha)

1. Alternative form of colpach (“yearling heifer or bullock, stirk”)

Declension

Declension of colpthach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative colpthach colpthacha Vocative a cholpthach a cholpthacha Genitive colpthaí colpthach Dative colpthach colpthacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cholpthach na colpthacha Genitive na colpthaí na gcolpthach Dative leis an gcolpthach don cholpthach leis na colpthacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
colpthach	cholpthach	gcolpthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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