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coilleadh
coilleadh
Irish
Noun
coilleadh m (genitive singular coillte)
- verbal noun of coill (“geld, castrate; violate, despoil; expurgate”)
- castration
- violation; robbery
- expurgation
Declension
Declension of coilleadh
Irregular
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2
Noun
coilleadh f
- (archaic or dialectal) genitive singular of coill
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coilleadh | choilleadh | gcoilleadh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "coilleadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “coilled” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
coilleadh m
- Alternative form of coilleach