collaí

See also: collai

Irish

Alternative forms
  • collaidhe, colnaidhe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish collaide, colnaide (“of the body, corporeal, sensuous; carnal, sensual”).

Adjective

collaí

  1. sexual
  2. carnal
  3. bodily, fleshy

Derived terms
  • caidreamh collaí m (“sexual intercourse”)
  • collaíocht f (“carnality, lust; sexuality”)
  • fios collaí m (“carnal knowledge”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
collaí chollaí gcollaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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