colscaradh

Irish

Etymology

From col (“sin”) +‎ scaradh (“separation”).

Noun

colscaradh m (genitive singular colscartha, nominative plural colscarthaí)

1. divorce

   Synonyms: dealú, idirscaradh

Declension

Declension of colscaradh

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative colscaradh colscarthaí Vocative a cholscaradh a cholscarthaí Genitive colscartha colscarthaí Dative colscaradh colscarthaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an colscaradh na colscarthaí Genitive an cholscartha na gcolscarthaí Dative leis an gcolscaradh don cholscaradh leis na colscarthaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
colscaradh	cholscaradh	gcolscaradh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colscaradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “colscaradh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.