coitcheann

Irish

Adjective

coitcheann (genitive singular masculine coitchinn, genitive singular feminine coitchinne, plural coitcheanna, comparative coitchinne)

1. Obsolete spelling of coiteann (“common, general”).

Declension

Declension of coitcheann

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	coitcheann	choitcheann	coitcheanna; choitcheanna2
vocative	choitchinn		coitcheanna
genitive		coitchinne	coitcheanna	coitcheann
dative	coitcheann; choitcheann1	choitcheann; choitchinn (archaic)	coitcheanna; choitcheanna2
Comparative	níos coitchinne
Superlative	is coitchinne

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

Noun

coitcheann m (genitive singular coitchinn)

1. Obsolete spelling of coiteann (“commonalty; community; common”).

Declension

Declension of coitcheann (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative coitcheann vocative a choitchinn genitive coitchinn dative coitcheann forms with the definite article singular nominative an coitcheann genitive an choitchinn dative leis an gcoitcheann don choitcheann

Mutation

Mutated forms of coitcheann

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coitcheann	choitcheann	gcoitcheann

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coitcheann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN