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

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	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 case singular nominative coitcheann vocative a choitchinn genitive coitchinn dative coitcheann forms with the definite article case 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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish coitchenn (whence also Manx cadjin and Irish coiteann), from Proto-Celtic *kom-teges-nos.^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔhtʲçən̪ˠ/
• (Tiree) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰahtʲçən̪ˠ/^[3]

Adjective

coitcheann

1. common, shared, public
2. general

Derived terms

• coinneamh choitcheann bhliadhnail
• Creideas Coitcheann
• taghadh coitcheann
• uile-choitcheann

Noun

coitcheann m (genitive singular coitchinn, plural coitcheannan)

1. common; common grazings shared between crofters (of land)

Mutation

Mutation of coitcheann

radical	lenition
coitcheann	choitcheann

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

References

1. Vendryes, Joseph (1987) Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique
2. O’Rahilly, T. F. (1942) “Notes, Mainly Etymological”, in Ériu, volume 13, page 158
3. Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (2008) “'Bochanan modhail foghlaimte': Tiree Gaelic, lexicology and Glasgow's historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic”, in Scottish Gaelic Studies, volume 24, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISSN, pages 473-523