coch

Scots

Etymology

Middle English; of imitative origin. See also German keuchen, Dutch kuchen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koːx/

Noun

coch

  1. cough

Verb

coch (third-person singular simple present cochs, present participle cochin, simple past cocht, past participle cocht)

  1. to cough

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh coch, from Proto-Brythonic *kox, borrowed from Latin coccum (“scarlet berry”), from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “berry”). Cognate with Cornish kogh (“scarlet”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koːχ/
  • Rhymes: -oːχ

Adjective

coch (feminine singular coch, plural cochion, equative coched, comparative cochach, superlative cochaf)

  1. red

Usage notes
  • The plural can also be used as a noun.

Synonyms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
coch goch nghoch choch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also
Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
     gwyn      llwyd      du
             coch; rhudd              oren, melyngoch; brown              melyn; melynwyn
             gwyrdd leim              gwyrdd             
             gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd              asur, gwynlas              glas
             fioled; indigo              majenta; porffor              pinc
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