colpthach

Irish

Adjective

colpthach (genitive singular masculine colpthaigh, genitive singular feminine colpthaí, plural colpthacha, comparative colpthaí)

1. alternative form of colpach (“large-calved; strong-legged”)

Declension

Declension of colpthach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	colpthach	cholpthach	colpthacha; cholpthacha2
vocative	cholpthaigh		colpthacha
genitive		colpthaí	colpthacha	colpthach
dative	colpthach; cholpthach1	cholpthach; cholpthaigh (archaic)	colpthacha; cholpthacha2
Comparative	níos colpthaí
Superlative	is colpthaí

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

Noun

colpthach f (genitive singular colpthaí, nominative plural colpthacha)

1. alternative form of colpach (“yearling heifer or bullock, stirk”)

Declension

Declension of colpthach (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative colpthach colpthacha vocative a cholpthach a cholpthacha genitive colpthaí colpthach dative colpthach colpthacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cholpthach na colpthacha genitive na colpthaí na gcolpthach dative leis an gcolpthach don cholpthach leis na colpthacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of colpthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
colpthach	cholpthach	gcolpthach

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