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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- "colptha" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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