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

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔl̪ˠəx/, /ˈkʰɔl̪ˠt̪əx/

Adjective edit

coltach (comparative coltaiche)

  1. 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?
  2. apparent, likely
  3. reasonable
  4. healthy looking

Related terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
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