coilleadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coilled, alternative form of collud (“act of violating, infringing, destroying, losing; destruction”), verbal noun of coillid (“damages, violates; destroys”).

Noun

coilleadh m (genitive singular coillte)

1. verbal noun of coill (“geld, castrate; violate, despoil; expurgate”)
2. castration
3. violation; robbery
4. expurgation

Declension

Declension of coilleadh (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative coilleadh vocative a choilleadh genitive coillte dative coilleadh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an coilleadh genitive an choillte dative leis an gcoilleadh don choilleadh

Etymology 2

Noun

coilleadh f

1. (archaic or dialectal) genitive singular of coill

Mutation

Mutated forms of coilleadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coilleadh	choilleadh	gcoilleadh

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) “coilleadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coilled”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Noun

coilleadh m

1. Alternative form of coilleach

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰɤʎəɣ]

Noun

coilleadh f

1. (Uist and Barra, archaic) genitive singular of coille

Mutation

Mutation of coilleadh

radical	lenition
coilleadh	choilleadh

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