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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
According to MacBain, "a contraction of co-amhuil-t-ach". Compare Irish cosúil (pre-reform spelling cosmhail) "like, resembling" from Old Irish cosmail.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔl̪ˠəx/, /ˈkʰɔl̪ˠt̪əx/
Adjective
coltach (comparative coltaiche)
- With the preposition ri: similar, like
- Synonym: cosail (Islay)
- Tha iad coltach ri chèile. ― They're similar to one another.
- Cò ris a tha e coltach? ― What is it? What does it look like?
- apparent, likely
- reasonable
- healthy looking
Related terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| coltach |
choltach
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “coltach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN