colpthach
Irish
Adjective
colpthach (genitive singular masculine colpthaigh, genitive singular feminine colpthaí, plural colpthacha, comparative colpthaí)
- Alternative form of colpach (“large-calved; strong-legged”)
Declension
Declension of colpthach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | colpthach | cholpthach | colpthacha; cholpthacha² | |
Vocative | cholpthaigh | colpthacha | ||
Genitive | colpthaí | colpthacha | colpthach | |
Dative | colpthach; cholpthach¹ |
cholpthach; cholpthaigh (archaic) |
colpthacha; cholpthacha² | |
Comparative | níos colpthaí | |||
Superlative | is colpthaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
colpthach f (genitive singular colpthaí, nominative plural colpthacha)
- Alternative form of colpach (“yearling heifer or bullock, stirk”)
Declension
Declension of colpthach
Second declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
colpthach | cholpthach | gcolpthach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colptha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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