coileach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“call”) (compare Latin calō, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (“to low (of cows)”)).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈlʲax/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛlʲəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛlʲax/, /ˈkɛlʲa(h)/

Noun

coileach m (genitive singular coiligh, nominative plural coiligh)

cock
1. rooster
2. other male bird

Declension

Declension of coileach (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	coileach	coiligh
vocative	a choiligh	a choileacha
genitive	coiligh	coileach
dative	coileach	coiligh

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an coileach	na coiligh
genitive	an choiligh	na gcoileach
dative	leis an gcoileach don choileach	leis na coiligh

Derived terms

coileach bradáin m (“male salmon”)
coileach ceannann m (“(male) bald-coot”)
coileach comhraic, coileach troda m (“gamecock”)
coileach dubh m (“blackcock”)
coileach feá, coileach coille m (“woodcock”)
coileach francach m (“turkey-cock”)
coileach fraoigh m (“moor cock, male red grouse”)
coileach gaoithe (“weather-cock; changeable person”)
coileach guine m (“guinea-cock”)
coileach óg m (“cockerel”)
coileach péacóige m (“peacock”)
coileachmheáchan m (“bantam-weight”)
troid choileach f (“cock-fighting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *coileach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
coileach	choileach	gcoileach

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 66

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“call”) (compare Latin calō, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (“to low (of cows)”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɤləx/

Noun

coileach m (genitive singular coilich, plural coilich)

cock, rooster
barn-cock
rill of water
eddy, rapids
(west of Ross) white crest on the waves
the apex of a thatched hay- or corn-stack

Derived terms

coileach an dùnain, coileach-òtraich (“barn-door cock”)
coileach Innseanach (“male guinea fowl”)
coileach òg (“cockerel”)
coileach-àrcain (“shuttlecock”)
coileach-buadha (“victor in a cock fight”)
coileach-catha (“gamecock”)
coileach-cathaig (“jackdaw”)
coileach-coille (“woodcock”)
coileach-dubh (“blackcock”)
coileach-duitseach (“curtailed cock”)
coileach-Frangach (“turkey-cock; bustard”)
coileach-fraoich (“moorcock, heath-cock, red grouse cock”)
coileach-gaoithe (“weathercock, vane”)
coileach-gròid (“fireplace of a kiln”)
coileach-lacha (“drake”)
coileach-spodhta (“capon”)
coileach-sràide (“shuttlecock; fireplace of a kiln”)
coileach-teas (“mirage, shimmering effect on a hot day”)
coileach-tomain (“cock partridge”)

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “coileach”, 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), “2 cailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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