coitcheann

Irish

Adjective

coitcheann (genitive singular masculine coitchinn, genitive singular feminine coitchinne, plural coitcheanna, comparative coitchinne)

  1. obsolete spelling of coiteann (“common, general”)

Declension

Declension of coitcheann
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative coitcheann choitcheann coitcheanna;
choitcheanna2
vocative choitchinn coitcheanna
genitive coitchinne coitcheanna coitcheann
dative coitcheann;
choitcheann1 		choitcheann;
choitchinn (archaic) 		coitcheanna;
choitcheanna2
Comparative níos coitchinne
Superlative is coitchinne

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

Noun

coitcheann m (genitive singular coitchinn)

  1. obsolete spelling of coiteann (“commonalty; community; common”)

Declension

Declension of coitcheann (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative coitcheann
vocative a choitchinn
genitive coitchinn
dative coitcheann
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an coitcheann
genitive an choitchinn
dative leis an gcoitcheann
don choitcheann

Mutation

Mutated forms of coitcheann
radical lenition eclipsis
coitcheann choitcheann gcoitcheann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish coitchenn (whence also Manx cadjin and Irish coiteann), from Proto-Celtic *kom-teges-nos.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔhtʲçən̪ˠ/
  • (Tiree) IPA(key): /ˈkʰahtʲçən̪ˠ/[3]

Adjective

coitcheann

  1. common, shared, public
  2. general

Derived terms

Noun

coitcheann m (genitive singular coitchinn, plural coitcheannan)

  1. common; common grazings shared between crofters (of land)

Mutation

Mutation of coitcheann
radical lenition
coitcheann choitcheann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1987) Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique
  2. ^ O’Rahilly, T. F. (1942) “Notes, Mainly Etymological”, in Ériu, volume 13, page 158
  3. ^ Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (2008) “'Bochanan modhail foghlaimte': Tiree Gaelic, lexicology and Glasgow's historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic”, in Scottish Gaelic Studies, volume 24, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISSN, pages 473-523
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