colpach

Irish

Alternative forms

• colpthach

Etymology

From colpa +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlˠəpˠa(x)/, /ˈkɔl̪ˠəpˠa(x)/

Adjective

colpach (genitive singular masculine colpaigh, genitive singular feminine colpaí, plural colpacha, comparative colpaí)

1. large-calved; strong-legged

Declension

Declension of colpach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	colpach	cholpach	colpacha; cholpacha2
vocative	cholpaigh		colpacha
genitive		colpaí	strong noun	weak noun
			colpacha	colpach
dative	colpach; cholpach1	cholpach; cholpaigh (archaic)	colpacha; cholpacha2
Comparative	níos colpaí
Superlative	is colpaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

colpach f (genitive singular colpaí, nominative plural colpacha)

1. yearling heifer or bullock, stirk

Declension

Declension of colpach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative colpach colpacha vocative a cholpach a cholpacha genitive colpaí colpach dative colpach colpaigh (archaic, dialectal) colpacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cholpach na colpacha genitive na colpaí na gcolpach dative leis an gcolpach leis an gcolpaigh (archaic, dialectal) don cholpach don cholpaigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na colpacha

Alternative forms

• colpa

Mutation

Mutated forms of colpach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
colpach	cholpach	gcolpach

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) “colpach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “colpach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “colpach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 53