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

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

• 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

Mutated forms of coileach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coileach	choileach	gcoileach

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) “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 [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of 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]‎^[1], 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