coigríochach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From coigríoch (“neighbouring territory; strange place; foreign country”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]coigríochach (genitive singular masculine coigríochaigh, genitive singular feminine coigríochaí, plural coigríochacha, comparative coigríochaí)
- strange, foreign
- Synonym: coigríochta
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | coigríochach | choigríochach | coigríochacha; choigríochacha2 | |
vocative | choigríochaigh | coigríochacha | ||
genitive | coigríochaí | coigríochacha | coigríochach | |
dative | coigríochach; choigríochach1 |
choigríochach; choigríochaigh (archaic) |
coigríochacha; choigríochacha2 | |
Comparative | níos coigríochaí | |||
Superlative | is coigríochaí |
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
[edit]- An Léigiún Coigríochach (“the (Foreign) Legion”)
- Léigiún Coigríochach na Fraince (“the French Foreign Legion”)
Noun
[edit]coigríochach m (genitive singular coigríochaigh, nominative plural coigríochaigh)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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coigríochach | choigríochach | gcoigríochach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coigríochach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “coigríochach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024