cothabhálach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cothabháil (“sustenance, maintenance”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cothabhálach (genitive singular masculine cothabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine cothabhálaí, plural cothabhálacha, comparative cothabhálaí)

  1. sustaining, nourishing; productive of sustenance

Declension

Declension of cothabhálach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cothabhálach chothabhálach cothabhálacha;
chothabhálacha2
vocative chothabhálaigh cothabhálacha
genitive cothabhálaí cothabhálacha cothabhálach
dative cothabhálach;
chothabhálach1 		chothabhálach;
chothabhálaigh (archaic) 		cothabhálacha;
chothabhálacha2
Comparative níos cothabhálaí
Superlative is cothabhálaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cothabhálach
radical lenition eclipsis
cothabhálach chothabhálach gcothabhálach

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

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