cochallach

Irish

Etymology

From cochall (“hood, hooded garment; cowl, mantle, scarf; capsule, pod; hackle”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix) (compare Old Irish cochlach (“hooded; wearing a hood”)).

Adjective

cochallach (genitive singular masculine cochallaigh, genitive singular feminine cochallaí, plural cochallacha, comparative cochallaí)

  1. hooded, cowled, hood-shaped
  2. capsular, podded
  3. hot-tempered, angry
  4. bushy (of tree, eyebrows, etc.)

Declension

Declension of cochallach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cochallach chochallach cochallacha;
chochallacha2
vocative chochallaigh cochallacha
genitive cochallaí cochallacha cochallach
dative cochallach;
chochallach1 		chochallach;
chochallaigh (archaic) 		cochallacha;
chochallacha2
Comparative níos cochallaí
Superlative is cochallaí

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

Derived terms

  • moncaí cochallach m (“capuchin monkey”)
  • rón cochallach m (“hooded seal”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cochallach
radical lenition eclipsis
cochallach chochallach gcochallach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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