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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cothaigid (“supports, sustains, maintains, preserves; feeds, nourishes”, verb). By surface analysis, coth (“food, sustenance”) + -igh (verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
Verb
cothaigh (present analytic cothaíonn, future analytic cothóidh, verbal noun cothú, past participle cothaithe)
- (transitive) feed, nourish, sustain
- Synonym: cothabháil
- (transitive) stir up, foment, foster
- Synonym: cothabháil
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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cothaím
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cothaíonn tú; cothaír†
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cothaíonn sé, sí
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cothaímid; cothaíonn muid
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cothaíonn sibh
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cothaíonn siad; cothaíd†
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a chothaíonn; a chothaíos / a gcothaíonn*
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cothaítear
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past
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chothaigh mé; chothaíos
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chothaigh tú; chothaís
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chothaigh sé, sí
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chothaíomar; chothaigh muid
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chothaigh sibh; chothaíobhair
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chothaigh siad; chothaíodar
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a chothaigh / ar chothaigh*
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cothaíodh
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past habitual
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chothaínn / gcothaínn‡‡
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chothaíteá / gcothaíteᇇ
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chothaíodh sé, sí / gcothaíodh sé, s퇇
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chothaímis; chothaíodh muid / gcothaímis‡‡; gcothaíodh muid‡‡
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chothaíodh sibh / gcothaíodh sibh‡‡
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chothaídís; chothaíodh siad / gcothaídís‡‡; gcothaíodh siad‡‡
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a chothaíodh / a gcothaíodh*
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chothaítí / gcothaít퇇
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future
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cothóidh mé; cothód; cothóchaidh mé†
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cothóidh tú; cothóir†; cothóchaidh tú†
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cothóidh sé, sí; cothóchaidh sé, sí†
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cothóimid; cothóidh muid; cothóchaimid†; cothóchaidh muid†
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cothóidh sibh; cothóchaidh sibh†
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cothóidh siad; cothóid†; cothóchaidh siad†
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a chothóidh; a chothós; a chothóchaidh†; a chothóchas† / a gcothóidh*; a gcothóchaidh*†
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cothófar; cothóchar†
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conditional
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chothóinn; chothóchainn† / gcothóinn‡‡; gcothóchainn†‡‡
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chothófá; chothóchthᆠ/ gcothófᇇ; gcothóchthᆇ‡
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chothódh sé, sí; chothóchadh sé, sí† / gcothódh sé, s퇇; gcothóchadh sé, s톇‡
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chothóimis; chothódh muid; chothóchaimis†; chothóchadh muid† / gcothóimis‡‡; gcothódh muid‡‡; gcothóchaimis†‡‡; gcothóchadh muid†‡‡
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chothódh sibh; chothóchadh sibh† / gcothódh sibh‡‡; gcothóchadh sibh†‡‡
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chothóidís; chothódh siad; chothóchadh siad† / gcothóidís‡‡; gcothódh siad‡‡; gcothóchadh siad†‡‡
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a chothódh; a chothóchadh† / a gcothódh*; a gcothóchadh*†
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chothófaí; chothóchthaí† / gcothófa퇇; gcothóchtha톇‡
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subjunctive
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present
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go gcothaí mé; go gcothaíod†
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go gcothaí tú; go gcothaír†
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go gcothaí sé, sí
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go gcothaímid; go gcothaí muid
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go gcothaí sibh
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go gcothaí siad; go gcothaíd†
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—
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go gcothaítear
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past
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dá gcothaínn
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dá gcothaíteá
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dá gcothaíodh sé, sí
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dá gcothaímis; dá gcothaíodh muid
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dá gcothaíodh sibh
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dá gcothaídís; dá gcothaíodh siad
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dá gcothaítí
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imperative
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cothaím
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cothaigh
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cothaíodh sé, sí
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cothaímis
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cothaígí; cothaídh†
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cothaídís
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cothaítear
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verbal noun
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cothú
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past participle
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cothaithe
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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cothaigh
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chothaigh
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gcothaigh
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cothaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cothaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cothaigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cothaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024