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codladh

codladh

Irish

Noun

codladh m ‎(genitive singular codlata)

verbal noun of codail ‎(“sleep”)
sleep, slumber

Tá codladh orm.‎ ― I am sleepy. (lit. "Sleep is on me")

Cuireann léamh codladh uirthi.‎ ― Reading makes her sleepy. (lit. "Reading puts sleep on her")

Tá mo dhreatháir ina chodladh.‎ ― My brother is asleep. (lit. "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

Terms derived from codladh

codladh driúraic m, codladh gliúragáin m, 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

"codladh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“cotlud” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.