coileach

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coileach	choileach	gcoileach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 cailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

coileach

Contents

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

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