codladh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cotlud m (“act of sleeping, sleep”), verbal noun of con·tuili (“sleeps, falls asleep”).[1] By surface analysis, codail (“sleep”, verb) +‎ -adh.

Pronunciation

Noun

codladh m (genitive singular codlata)

  1. verbal noun of codail (“sleep”)
  2. sleep, slumber
    Tá codladh orm. ― I am sleepy. (literally, “Sleep is on me”)
    Cuireann léamh codladh uirthi. ― Reading makes her sleepy. (literally, “Reading puts sleep on her”)
    Tá mo dheartháir ina chodladh. ― My brother is asleep. (literally, “My brother is in his sleep”)

Declension
Declension of codladh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative codladh
Vocative a chodladh
Genitive codlata
Dative codladh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an codladh
Genitive an chodlata
Dative leis an gcodladh

don chodladh

Derived terms
  • codladh driúraic m (“pins and needles”)
  • codladh gliúragáin m (“pins and needles”)
  • codladh grifín m (“pins and needles”)
  • codlatach (“sleepy, drowsy; dormant”, adjective)
  • codlatacht f (“sleepiness, drowsiness”)
  • codlatán m (“sleeper, sleepy-head; hibernating creature”)
  • codlatóir m (“sleeper”)
  • cóiste codlata m (“sleeping-car”)
  • deora codlata m (“sleeping-draught”)
  • díth codlata f (“sleeplessness”)
  • laom codlata m (“snatch of sleep”)
  • log codlata m (“sleeping-place”)
  • mála codlata m (“sleeping-bag”)
  • néal codlata m (“wink of sleep”)
  • neamhchodladh m (“insomnia”)
  • sámhán codlata m (“nap, doze”)
  • seomra codlata m (“bedroom”)
  • slán codlata! (“good-night!”)
  • snap codlata m (“short sleep”)
  • tionnúr codlata m (“wink of sleep; nap, snooze”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
codladh chodladh gcodladh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cotlud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79

Further reading
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