From coigríoch (“neighbouring territory; strange place; foreign country”) + -ach.
coigríochach (genitive singular masculine coigríochaigh, genitive singular feminine coigríochaí, plural coigríochacha, comparative coigríochaí)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | coigríochach | choigríochach | coigríochacha; choigríochacha² | |
| Vocative | choigríochaigh | coigríochacha | ||
| Genitive | coigríochaí | coigríochacha | coigríochach | |
| Dative | coigríochach; choigríochach¹ |
choigríochach; choigríochaigh (archaic) |
coigríochacha; choigríochacha² | |
| Comparative | níos coigríochaí | |||
| Superlative | is coigríochaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
coigríochach m (genitive singular coigríochaigh, nominative plural coigríochaigh)
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coigríochach | choigríochach | gcoigríochach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||