coirneach
Irish
Alternative forms
- cairneach
- cáirneach, cairnech, cóirneach (obsolete)
Adjective
coirneach (genitive singular masculine coirnigh, genitive singular feminine coirní, plural coirneacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of coirneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | coirneach | choirneach | coirneacha; choirneacha² | |
| Vocative | choirnigh | coirneacha | ||
| Genitive | coirní | coirneacha | coirneach | |
| Dative | coirneach; choirneach¹ |
choirneach; choirnigh (archaic) |
coirneacha; choirneacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
coirneach m (genitive singular coirnigh, nominative plural coirnigh)
Declension
Declension of coirneach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (osprey): iascaire coirneach
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coirneach | choirneach | gcoirneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “cairnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “cóirneaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 167.
- "coirneach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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