cothabhálach

Irish

Alternative forms

• cothálach

Etymology

From cothabháil (“sustenance, maintenance”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cothabhálach (genitive singular masculine cothabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine cothabhálaí, plural cothabhálacha, comparative cothabhálaí)

1. sustaining, nourishing; productive of sustenance

Declension

Declension of cothabhálach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cothabhálach	chothabhálach	cothabhálacha; chothabhálacha2
vocative	chothabhálaigh		cothabhálacha
genitive		cothabhálaí	cothabhálacha	cothabhálach
dative	cothabhálach; chothabhálach1	chothabhálach; chothabhálaigh (archaic)	cothabhálacha; chothabhálacha2
Comparative	níos cothabhálaí
Superlative	is cothabhálaí

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

Derived terms

• féinchothabhálach (“self-sustaining”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cothabhálach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cothabhálach	chothabhálach	gcothabhálach

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) “cothabhálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN