cothálach

Irish

Adjective

cothálach (genitive singular masculine cothálaigh, genitive singular feminine cothálaí, plural cothálacha, comparative cothálaí)

1. Alternative form of cothabhálach (“sustaining, nourishing; productive of sustenance”)

Declension

Declension of cothálach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cothálach	chothálach	cothálacha; chothálacha²
Vocative	chothálaigh		cothálacha
Genitive		cothálaí	cothálacha	cothálach
Dative	cothálach; chothálach¹	chothálach; chothálaigh (archaic)	cothálacha; chothálacha²
Comparative	níos cothálaí
Superlative	is cothálaí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cothálach	chothálach	gcothálach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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