cochall

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cochall, from Latin cucullus.

Pronunciation

Noun

cochall m (genitive singular cochaill, nominative plural cochaill)

  1. hood, hooded garment
  2. cowl, mantle, scarf
  3. (botany) capsule, pod
  4. hackle (of cock, figuratively of a person)
  5. (anatomy, of animal) scrotum
  6. (fishing) scoop net, landing net

Declension

Declension of cochall (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cochall cochaill
vocative a chochaill a chochalla
genitive cochaill cochall
dative cochall cochaill
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cochall na cochaill
genitive an chochaill na gcochall
dative leis an gcochall
don chochall 		leis na cochaill

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • cochallach (“hooded, cowled, hood-shaped; capsular, podded; hot-tempered, angry; bushy”, adjective)
  • cochall simléir (“chimney cowl”)

Descendants

  • → Scots: cahill

Mutation

Mutated forms of cochall
radical lenition eclipsis
cochall chochall gcochall

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

References

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cucullus.

Pronunciation

Noun

cochall m (genitive cochaill, nominative plural cochaill)

  1. cowl, hood, hooded cloak
  2. (botany) husk

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cochall cochallL cochaillL
Vocative cochaill cochallL cochluH
Accusative cochallN cochallL cochluH
Genitive cochaillL cochall cochallN
Dative cochullL cochlaib cochlaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • cochlach (“hooded; wearing a hood”, adjective)
  • cochlán m (“little hood”)

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of cochall
radical lenition nasalization
cochall chochall cochall
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cochall, from Latin cucullus.

Noun

cochall m (genitive singular cochaill, plural cochaill or cochallan)

  1. cocoon, chrysalis, cochlea
  2. hood
  3. shell, husk, hull

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cochall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cochall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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