cothú

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See also: coþu and cơ thủ

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Noun

cothú m (genitive singular cothaithe)

  1. verbal noun of cothaigh
  2. food, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance

Declension

Declension of cothú (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cothú
vocative a chothú
genitive cothaithe
dative cothú
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an cothú
genitive an chothaithe
dative leis an gcothú
don chothú

Mutation

Mutated forms of cothú
radical lenition eclipsis
cothú chothú gcothú

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 67

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