cucól
Irish
Alternative forms
- cocóil, cocól[1]
Etymology
From Old French cucuault; cognate with English cuckold.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /kʊˈkoːl̪ˠ/
Noun
cucól m (genitive singular cucóil, nominative plural cucóil)
- cuckold
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:
- « Ó, a dhuine uasail », arsan máta, « nár chuiris do long i ngeall liom go raibh do bhean dílis duit? Sin comhartha agat go bhfuileann tú id’ chucól agam ».
- “Oh, sir,” said the mate, “didn’t you bet me your ship that your wife was faithful to you? Here is the proof that I have made you a cuckold.”
Declension
Declension of cucól
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cucól | chucól | gcucól |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “cocól”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cocóil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 158
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cocól”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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