Irish
Etymology
coibhín (“coven”) + fia-chailleach (“witch”).
Noun
coibhín fia-chailleach m (genitive singular coibhín fia-chailleach, nominative plural coibhíní fia-chailleach)
- coven (formal group or assembly of witches)
- Synonym: coibhín
Declension
Declension of coibhín fia-chailleach (fourth declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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coibhín fia-chailleach
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coibhíní fia-chailleach
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| vocative
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a choibhín fia-chailleach
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a choibhíní fia-chailleach
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| genitive
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coibhín fia-chailleach
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coibhíní fia-chailleach
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| dative
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coibhín fia-chailleach
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coibhíní fia-chailleach
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an coibhín fia-chailleach
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na coibhíní fia-chailleach
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| genitive
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an choibhín fia-chailleach
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na gcoibhíní fia-chailleach
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| dative
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leis an gcoibhín fia-chailleach don choibhín fia-chailleach
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leis na coibhíní fia-chailleach
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Mutation
Mutated forms of coibhín fia-chailleach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| coibhín fia-chailleach
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choibhín fia-chailleach
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gcoibhín fia-chailleach
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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