collaide

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish colnide. By surface analysis, colainn +‎ -ide.

Adjective

collaide

1. carnal
2. fleshy
3. sensual

Descendants

• Irish: collaí
• Scottish Gaelic: collaidh

Mutation

Mutation of collaide

radical	lenition	nasalization
collaide	chollaide	collaide pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “colnaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language