coltach
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
According to MacBain, "a contraction of co-amhuil-t-ach". Compare Irish cosúil (pre-reform spelling cosmhail) "like, resembling" from Old Irish cosmail.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
coltach (comparative coltaiche)
- With the preposition ri: similar, like
- Synonym: cosail (Islay)
- Tha iad coltach ri chèile. ― They're similar to one another.
- Cò ris a tha e coltach? ― What is it? What does it look like?
- apparent, likely
- reasonable
- healthy looking
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
coltach | choltach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “coltach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN