cóta

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cota"

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cóta, borrowed from Anglo-Norman cote, cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Old Frankish *kotta (“coat”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô.

Noun

cóta m (genitive singular cóta, nominative plural cótaí)

  1. a coat
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

cóta m (genitive singular cóta, nominative plural cótaí)

  1. Alternative form of cuóta (“quota”)

Declension

Declension of cóta (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cóta cótaí
vocative a chóta a chótaí
genitive cóta cótaí
dative cóta cótaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cóta na cótaí
genitive an chóta na gcótaí
dative leis an gcóta
don chóta 		leis na cótaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cóta
radical lenition eclipsis
cóta chóta gcóta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 138, page 71
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 160
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 381, page 128

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