cochallach

Irish

Etymology

From cochall (“hood, hooded garment; cowl, mantle, scarf; capsule, pod; hackle”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix) (compare Old Irish cochlach (“hooded; wearing a hood”)).

Adjective

cochallach (genitive singular masculine cochallaigh, genitive singular feminine cochallaí, plural cochallacha, comparative cochallaí)

1. hooded, cowled, hood-shaped
2. capsular, podded
3. hot-tempered, angry
4. bushy (of tree, eyebrows, etc.)

Declension

Declension of cochallach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	cochallach	chochallach	cochallacha; chochallacha2
vocative	chochallaigh		cochallacha
genitive		cochallaí	cochallacha	cochallach
dative	cochallach; chochallach1	chochallach; chochallaigh (archaic)	cochallacha; chochallacha2
Comparative	níos cochallaí
Superlative	is cochallaí

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

• moncaí cochallach m (“capuchin monkey”)
• rón cochallach m (“hooded seal”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cochallach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cochallach	chochallach	gcochallach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cochallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN