cothaitheacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• cothuightheacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From cothaithe (past participle of cothaigh (“feed”)) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cothaitheacht f (genitive singular cothaitheachta, nominative plural)

1. plumpness, being well-fed

   Synonyms: raimhre, beathaitheacht

Declension

Declension of cothaitheacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative cothaitheacht Vocative a chothaitheacht Genitive cothaitheachta Dative cothaitheacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chothaitheacht Genitive na cothaitheachta Dative leis an gcothaitheacht don chothaitheacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cothaitheacht	chothaitheacht	gcothaitheacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cothaitheacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “cothaitheacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.