colscaradh

Irish

Etymology

From col (“sin”) +‎ scaradh (“separation”).

Noun

colscaradh m (genitive singular colscartha, nominative plural colscarthaí)

1. divorce

   Synonyms: dealú, idirscaradh

Declension

Declension of colscaradh (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative colscaradh colscarthaí vocative a cholscaradh a cholscarthaí genitive colscartha colscarthaí dative colscaradh colscarthaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an colscaradh na colscarthaí genitive an cholscartha na gcolscarthaí dative leis an gcolscaradh don cholscaradh leis na colscarthaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of colscaradh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
colscaradh	cholscaradh	gcolscaradh

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) “colscaradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “colscaradh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024