cochallach

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Irish

Etymology

From cochall (“hood, hooded garment; cowl, mantle, scarf; capsule, pod; hackle”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix) (compare Old Irish cochlach (“hooded; wearing a hood”)).

Adjective

cochallach (genitive singular masculine cochallaigh, genitive singular feminine cochallaí, plural cochallacha, comparative cochallaí)

  1. hooded, cowled, hood-shaped
  2. capsular, podded
  3. hot-tempered, angry
  4. bushy (of tree, eyebrows, etc.)

Declension

Declension of cochallach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cochallach chochallach cochallacha;
chochallacha²
Vocative chochallaigh cochallacha
Genitive cochallaí cochallacha cochallach
Dative cochallach;
chochallach¹ 		chochallach;
chochallaigh (archaic) 		cochallacha;
chochallacha²
Comparative níos cochallaí
Superlative is cochallaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cochallach chochallach gcochallach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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