cucól

Irish

Alternative forms

• cocóil, cocól

Etymology

From Old French cucuault; cognate with English cuckold.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kʊˈkoːl̪ˠ/

Noun

cucól m (genitive singular cucóil, nominative plural cucóil)

1. cuckold
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:

     « Ó, a dhuine uasail », arsan máta, « nár chuiris do long i ngeall liom go raibh do bhean dílis duit? Sin comhartha agat go bhfuileann tú id’ chucól agam ».

     “Oh, sir,” said the mate, “didn’t you bet me your ship that your wife was faithful to you? Here is the proof that I have made you a cuckold.”

Declension

Declension of cucól

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cucól cucóil Vocative a chucóil a chucóla Genitive cucóil cucól Dative cucól cucóil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cucól na cucóil Genitive an chucóil na gcucól Dative leis an gcucól don chucól leis na cucóil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cucól	chucól	gcucól
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cocóil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 158
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cocól”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN