col ceathrair
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “impediment to marriage of four people”, referring to the degree of separation between oneself and one’s first cousin, involving four persons (oneself, one’s parent, that parent’s sibling, that sibling’s child).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Galway) IPA(key): /kolˠˈcahəɾˠ/ ~ /kolˠˈcaːɾˠ/[1], (Cois Fharraige) [kol̪ˠˈcæːɾˠ][2] (corresponding to the form col ceathar)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /kʌlˠˈcahəɾˠə/[3]
Noun
[edit]col ceathrair m (genitive singular coil cheathrair, nominative plural col ceathracha)
See also
[edit]- col cúigir (“first cousin once removed”)
- col seisir (“second cousin”)
- col seachtair (“second cousin once removed”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| col ceathrair | chol ceathrair | gcol ceathrair |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 280
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 321
- ^ Hughes, A. J. (1986) The Gaelic of Tangaveane and Commeen, County Donegal (texts, phonology, aspects of grammar and a vocabulary) (doctoral thesis), Faculty of Arts, Queen’s University of Belfast, page 427
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “col ceathrair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “col ceathrair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025