coilleadh

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coilled, alternative form of collud (“act of violating, infringing, destroying, losing; destruction”), verbal noun of coillid (“damages, violates; destroys”).

Noun

coilleadh m (genitive singular coillte)

  1. verbal noun of coill (“geld, castrate; violate, despoil; expurgate”)
  2. castration
  3. violation; robbery
  4. expurgation
Declension
Declension of coilleadh (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative coilleadh
vocative a choilleadh
genitive coillte
dative coilleadh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an coilleadh
genitive an choillte
dative leis an gcoilleadh
don choilleadh

Etymology 2

Noun

coilleadh f

  1. (archaic or dialectal) genitive singular of coill

Mutation

Mutated forms of coilleadh
radical lenition eclipsis
coilleadh choilleadh gcoilleadh

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Noun

coilleadh m

  1. Alternative form of coilleach

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

coilleadh f

  1. (Uist and Barra, archaic) genitive singular of coille

Mutation

Mutation of coilleadh
radical lenition
coilleadh choilleadh

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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