coláisteach

Irish

Etymology

From coláiste (“college”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

coláisteach (genitive singular masculine coláistigh, genitive singular feminine coláistí, plural coláisteacha, comparative coláistí)

collegiate

Declension

Declension of coláisteach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	coláisteach	choláisteach	coláisteacha; choláisteacha²
Vocative	choláistigh	choláisteach	coláisteacha
Genitive	choláistigh	coláistí	coláisteacha	coláisteach
Dative	coláisteach; choláisteach¹	choláisteach; choláistigh (archaic)	coláisteacha; choláisteacha²
Comparative	níos coláistí
Superlative	is coláistí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

coláisteánach m (“collegian”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coláisteach	choláisteach	gcoláisteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"coláisteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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