cochán

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈxɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔxɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔxanˠ/, /ˈkɔxənˠ/[1]

Noun

cochán m (genitive singular cocháin)

  1. straw (dried stalks considered collectively)
    Synonym: tuí

Declension
Declension of cochán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative cochán
Vocative a chocháin
Genitive cocháin
Dative cochán

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an cochán
Genitive an chocháin
Dative leis an gcochán

don chochán

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cochán chochán gcochán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 12

Further reading
  • “cochán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 158
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cochán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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