coilleadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coilled, alternative form of collud (“act of violating, infringing, destroying, losing; destruction”), verbal noun of coillid (“damages, violates; destroys”).

Noun

coilleadh m (genitive singular coillte)

verbal noun of coill (“geld, castrate; violate, despoil; expurgate”)
castration
violation; robbery
expurgation

Declension

Declension of coilleadh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	coilleadh
Vocative	a choilleadh
Genitive	coillte
Dative	coilleadh

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an coilleadh
Genitive	an choillte
Dative	leis an gcoilleadh don choilleadh

Etymology 2

Noun

coilleadh f

(archaic or dialectal) genitive singular of coill

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coilleadh	choilleadh	gcoilleadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"coilleadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “coilled”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

coilleadh m

Alternative form of coilleach

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