cothú

See also: coþu and cơ thủ

Irish

Alternative forms

• cothughadh (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈhuː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔhuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔhu/

Noun

cothú m (genitive singular cothaithe)

1. verbal noun of cothaigh
2. food, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance

Declension

Declension of cothú (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cothú vocative a chothú genitive cothaithe dative cothú forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cothú genitive an chothaithe dative leis an gcothú don chothú

Mutation

Mutated forms of cothú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cothú	chothú	gcothú

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) “cothú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50