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coileach

Irish

Noun

coileach m ‎(genitive singular coiligh, nominative plural coiligh)

cock
1. rooster
2. other male bird

Declension

Declension of coileach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coileach	coiligh
Vocative	a choiligh	a choileacha
Genitive	coiligh	coileach
Dative	coileach	coiligh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an coileach	na coiligh
Genitive	an choiligh	na gcoileach
Dative	leis an gcoileach don choileach	leis na coiligh

Derived terms

Terms derived from coileach

coileach bradáin m ‎(“male salmon”)
coileach ceannann m ‎(“(male) bald-coot”)
coileach comhraic, coileach troda m ‎(“gamecock”)
coileach dubh m ‎(“blackcock”)
coileach feá, coileach coille m ‎(“woodcock”)

coileach francach m ‎(“turkey-cock”)
coileach fraoigh m ‎(“moor cock, male red grouse”)
coileach gaoithe ‎(“weather-cock; changeable person”)
coileach guine m ‎(“guinea-cock”)

coileachmheáchan m ‎(“bantam-weight”)
coileach óg m ‎(“cockerel”)
coileach péacóige m ‎(“peacock”)
troid choileach f ‎(“cock-fighting”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coileach	choileach	gcoileach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₁- ‎(“call”) (compare Latin calō, Ancient Greek καλέω ‎(kaléō), Old English hlōwan ‎(“to low (of cows)”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɤləx/

Noun

coileach m ‎(genitive singular coilich, plural coilich)

cock, rooster
barn-cock
rill of water
eddy, rapids
(west of Ross) white crest on the waves
the apex of a thatched hay- or corn-stack

Derived terms

Terms derived from coileach

coileach an dùnain, coileach-òtraich ‎(“barn-door cock”)
coileach-àrcain ‎(“shuttlecock”)
coileach-buadha ‎(“victor in a cock fight”)
coileach-cathaig ‎(“jackdaw”)
coileach-catha ‎(“gamecock”)
coileach-coille ‎(“woodcock”)
coileach-dubh ‎(“blackcock”)

coileach-duitseach ‎(“curtailed cock”)
coileach-Frangach ‎(“turkey-cock; bustard”)
coileach-fraoich ‎(“moorcock, heath-cock, red grouse cock”)
coileach-gaoithe ‎(“weathercock, vane”)
coileach-gròid ‎(“fireplace of a kiln”)
coileach Innseanach ‎(“male guinea fowl”)

coileach-lacha ‎(“drake”)
coileach òg ‎(“cockerel”)
coileach-spodhta ‎(“capon”)
coileach-sràide ‎(“shuttlecock; fireplace of a kiln”)
coileach-teas ‎(“mirage, shimmering effect on a hot day”)
coileach-tomain ‎(“cock partridge”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
“2 cailech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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coileach

coileach

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