coltach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

According to MacBain, "a contraction of co-amhuil-t-ach". Compare Irish cosúil (pre-reform spelling cosmhail) "like, resembling" from Old Irish cosmail.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔl̪ˠəx/, /ˈkʰɔl̪ˠt̪əx/

Adjective

coltach (comparative coltaiche)

  1. With the preposition ri: similar, like
    Synonym: cosail (Islay)
    Tha iad coltach ri chèile. ― They're similar to one another.
    Cò ris a tha e coltach? ― What is it? What does it look like?
  2. apparent, likely
  3. reasonable
  4. healthy looking

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
coltachcholtach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “coltach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

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