colpach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From colpa +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔlˠəpˠa(x)/, /ˈkɔl̪ˠəpˠa(x)/

Adjective

colpach (genitive singular masculine colpaigh, genitive singular feminine colpaí, plural colpacha, comparative colpaí)

  1. large-calved; strong-legged

Declension
Declension of colpach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative colpach cholpach colpacha;
cholpacha²
Vocative cholpaigh colpacha
Genitive colpaí colpacha colpach
Dative colpach;
cholpach¹		 cholpach;
cholpaigh (archaic)		 colpacha;
cholpacha²
Comparative níos colpaí
Superlative is colpaí

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

Noun

colpach f (genitive singular colpaí, nominative plural colpacha)

  1. yearling heifer or bullock, stirk

Declension
Declension of colpach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colpach colpacha
Vocative a cholpach a cholpacha
Genitive colpaí colpach
Dative colpach
colpaigh (archaic, dialectal)		 colpacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cholpach na colpacha
Genitive na colpaí na gcolpach
Dative leis an gcolpach
leis an gcolpaigh (archaic, dialectal)

don cholpach
don cholpaigh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na colpacha

Alternative forms

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

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