coirtéis

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

coirtéis f (genitive singular coirtéise, nominative plural coirtéisí)

1. (anatomy) cortex

Declension

Declension of coirtéis (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coirtéis coirtéisí vocative a choirtéis a choirtéisí genitive coirtéise coirtéisí dative coirtéis coirtéisí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an choirtéis na coirtéisí genitive na coirtéise na gcoirtéisí dative leis an gcoirtéis don choirtéis leis na coirtéisí

Derived terms

• coirtéis cheirbreach
• neocoirtéis

Mutation

Mutated forms of coirtéis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coirtéis	choirtéis	gcoirtéis

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) “coirtéis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coirtéis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coirtéis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025