coltach
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to MacBain, "a contraction of co-amhuil-t-ach". Compare Irish cosúil (pre-reform spelling cosmhail) "like, resembling" from Old Irish cosmail.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]coltach (comparative coltaiche)
- With the preposition ri: similar, like
- Synonym: cosail (Islay)
- Tha iad coltach ri chèile. ― They're similar to one another.
- Cò ris a tha e coltach? ― What is it? What does it look like?
- apparent, likely
- reasonable
- healthy looking
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| coltach | choltach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 62
Further reading
[edit]- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “coltach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN