codladh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cotlud m (“act of sleeping, sleep”), verbal noun of con·tuili (“sleeps, falls asleep”). By surface analysis, codail (“sleep”, verb) +‎ -adh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌl̪ˠu/

Noun

codladh m (genitive singular codlata)

1. verbal noun of codail (“sleep”)
2. sleep, slumber

   Tá codladh orm. ― I am sleepy. (literally, “Sleep is on me”)

   Cuireann léamh codladh uirthi. ― Reading makes her sleepy. (literally, “Reading puts sleep on her”)

   Tá mo dheartháir ina chodladh. ― My brother is asleep. (literally, “My brother is in his sleep”)

Declension

Declension of codladh (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative codladh vocative a chodladh genitive codlata dative codladh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an codladh genitive an chodlata dative leis an gcodladh don chodladh

Derived terms

• codladh driúraic m (“pins and needles”)
• codladh gliúragáin m (“pins and needles”)
• codladh grifín m (“pins and needles”)
• codlatach (“sleepy, drowsy; dormant”, adjective)
• codlatacht f (“sleepiness, drowsiness”)
• codlatán m (“sleeper, sleepy-head; hibernating creature”)
• codlatóir m (“sleeper”)
• cóiste codlata m (“sleeping-car”)
• deora codlata m (“sleeping-draught”)
• díth codlata f (“sleeplessness”)
• laom codlata m (“snatch of sleep”)
• log codlata m (“sleeping-place”)
• mála codlata m (“sleeping-bag”)
• néal codlata m (“wink of sleep”)
• neamhchodladh m (“insomnia”)
• sámhán codlata m (“nap, doze”)
• seomra codlata m (“bedroom”)
• slán codlata! (“good-night!”)
• snap codlata m (“short sleep”)
• tionnúr codlata m (“wink of sleep; nap, snooze”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of codladh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
codladh	chodladh	gcodladh

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) “codladh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN