coibhín fia-chailleach

Irish

Etymology

coibhín (“coven”) +‎ fia-chailleach (“witch”).

Noun

coibhín fia-chailleach m (genitive singular coibhín fia-chailleach, nominative plural coibhíní fia-chailleach)

1. coven (formal group or assembly of witches)

   Synonym: coibhín

Declension

Declension of coibhín fia-chailleach (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coibhín fia-chailleach coibhíní fia-chailleach vocative a choibhín fia-chailleach a choibhíní fia-chailleach genitive coibhín fia-chailleach coibhíní fia-chailleach dative coibhín fia-chailleach coibhíní fia-chailleach forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an coibhín fia-chailleach na coibhíní fia-chailleach genitive an choibhín fia-chailleach na gcoibhíní fia-chailleach dative leis an gcoibhín fia-chailleach don choibhín fia-chailleach leis na coibhíní fia-chailleach

Mutation

Mutated forms of coibhín fia-chailleach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coibhín fia-chailleach	choibhín fia-chailleach	gcoibhín fia-chailleach

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

Further reading

• “coibhín fia-chailleach”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2025