coirceogach

Irish

Etymology

From coirceog (“(conical) hive; cone”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

coirceogach (genitive singular masculine coirceogaigh, genitive singular feminine coirceogaí, plural coirceogacha, comparative coirceogaí)

1. hive-shaped, conical

   Synonyms: cónach, cónúil

Declension

Declension of coirceogach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	coirceogach	choirceogach	coirceogacha; choirceogacha2
vocative	choirceogaigh		coirceogacha
genitive		coirceogaí	coirceogacha	coirceogach
dative	coirceogach; choirceogach1	choirceogach; choirceogaigh (archaic)	coirceogacha; choirceogacha2
Comparative	níos coirceogaí
Superlative	is coirceogaí

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

• clochán coirceogach (“beehive hut”)
• roth coirceogach (“cone-wheel”)
• ulóg choirceogach (“cone-pulley”)

 

Related terms

• coirceogacht f (“conicity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coirceogach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coirceogach	choirceogach	gcoirceogach

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) “coirceogach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coirceogach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coirceogach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024