cucól

Irish

Alternative forms
  • cocóil, cocól

Etymology

From Old French cucuault; cognate with English cuckold.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kʊˈkoːl̪ˠ/

Noun

cucól m (genitive singular cucóil, nominative plural cucóil)

  1. cuckold
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 196:
      « Ó, a dhuine uasail », arsan máta, « nár chuiris do long i ngeall liom go raibh do bhean dílis duit? Sin comhartha agat go bhfuileann tú id’ chucól agam ».
      “Oh, sir,” said the mate, “didn’t you bet me your ship that your wife was faithful to you? Here is the proof that I have made you a cuckold.”

Declension
Declension of cucól

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cucól cucóil
Vocative a chucóil a chucóla
Genitive cucóil cucól
Dative cucól cucóil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cucól na cucóil
Genitive an chucóil na gcucól
Dative leis an gcucól

don chucól

 leis na cucóil

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cucól chucól gcucól
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “cocól”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cocóil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 158
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cocól”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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