coileach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“call”) (compare Latin calō, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (“to low (of cows)”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈlʲax/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛlʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛlʲax/, /ˈkɛlʲa(h)/

Noun

coileach m (genitive singular coiligh, nominative plural coiligh)

1. cock
   1. rooster
   2. other male bird

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

Declension of coileach

First declension

Derived terms

• 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”)
• coileach óg m (“cockerel”)
• coileach péacóige m (“peacock”)
• coileachmheáchan m (“bantam-weight”)
• 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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 66

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“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)

1. cock, rooster
2. barn-cock
3. rill of water
4. eddy, rapids
5. (west of Ross) white crest on the waves
6. the apex of a thatched hay- or corn-stack

Derived terms

• coileach an dùnain, coileach-òtraich (“barn-door cock”)
• coileach Innseanach (“male guinea fowl”)
• coileach òg (“cockerel”)
• coileach-àrcain (“shuttlecock”)
• coileach-buadha (“victor in a cock fight”)
• coileach-catha (“gamecock”)
• coileach-cathaig (“jackdaw”)
• 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-lacha (“drake”)
• coileach-spodhta (“capon”)
• coileach-sràide (“shuttlecock; fireplace of a kiln”)
• coileach-teas (“mirage, shimmering effect on a hot day”)
• coileach-tomain (“cock partridge”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “coileach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language