Colómach

Irish

Etymology

From an Cholóim (“Colombia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Colómach (genitive singular masculine Colómaigh, genitive singular feminine Colómaí, plural Colómacha, not comparable)

1. Colombian

Declension

Declension of Colómach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Colómach	Cholómach	Colómacha; Cholómacha2
vocative	Cholómaigh		Colómacha
genitive		Colómaí	Colómacha	Colómach
dative	Colómach; Cholómach1	Cholómach; Cholómaigh (archaic)	Colómacha; Cholómacha2
Comparative	níos Colómaí
Superlative	is Colómaí

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

Noun

Colómach m (genitive singular Colómaigh, nominative plural Colómaigh)

1. Colombian

Declension

Declension of Colómach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Colómach Colómaigh vocative a Cholómaigh a Cholómacha genitive Colómaigh Colómach dative Colómach Colómaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Colómach na Colómaigh genitive an Cholómaigh na gColómach dative leis an gColómach don Cholómach leis na Colómaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Colómach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Colómach	Cholómach	gColómach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Colómach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Colómach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024