coileach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (call) (compare Latin calō, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (to low (of cows))).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coileach m (genitive singular coiligh, nominative plural coiligh)

  1. cock
    1. rooster
    2. other male bird

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coileach choileach gcoileach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (call) (compare Latin calō, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (to low (of cows))).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coileach m (genitive singular coilich, plural coilich)

  1. cock, rooster
  2. barn-cock
  3. rill of water
  4. eddy, rapids
  5. (west of Ross) white crest on the waves
  6. the apex of a thatched hay- or corn-stack

Derived terms

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “coileach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language