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”)
  • 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

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-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 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
  • “2 cailech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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