cochallach
Irish
Etymology
From cochall (“hood, hooded garment; cowl, mantle, scarf; capsule, pod; hackle”) + -ach (adjectival suffix) (compare Old Irish cochlach (“hooded; wearing a hood”)).
Adjective
cochallach (genitive singular masculine cochallaigh, genitive singular feminine cochallaí, plural cochallacha, comparative cochallaí)
Declension
Declension of cochallach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cochallach | chochallach | cochallacha; chochallacha² | |
| Vocative | chochallaigh | cochallacha | ||
| Genitive | cochallaí | cochallacha | cochallach | |
| Dative | cochallach; chochallach¹ |
chochallach; chochallaigh (archaic) |
cochallacha; chochallacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cochallaí | |||
| Superlative | is cochallaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- moncaí cochallach m (“capuchin monkey”)
- rón cochallach m (“hooded seal”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cochallach | chochallach | gcochallach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "cochallach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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