cochall

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cochall, from Latin cucullus.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoxəl̪ˠ/[2], /ˈkɔxəl̪ˠ/[3]

Noun

cochall m (genitive singular cochaill, nominative plural cochaill)

  1. hood, cowl
  2. mantle (incandescent gauze in a gas lamp)
  3. (botany) capsule (seed case)
  4. pod (small vehicle)
  5. hackles (anger)
    Tá cochall orm.
    My hackles are up.
  6. scrotum (of an animal)
  7. (fishing) net (for catching fish)
  8. skullcap, Scutellaria spp.

Declension

Declension of cochall (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cochall cochaill
vocative a chochaill a chochalla
genitive cochaill cochall
dative cochall cochaill
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cochall na cochaill
genitive an chochaill na gcochall
dative leis an gcochall
don chochall 		leis na cochaill

Synonyms

  • (hood): húda
  • (pod): faighneog
  • (scrotum): cadairne

Derived terms

  • cochallach (“hooded”, adjective)
  • cochall simléir (“chimney cowl”)

Descendants

  • → Ulster Scots: cahill

Mutation

Mutated forms of cochall
radical lenition eclipsis
cochall chochall gcochall

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cochall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 150, page 35
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 23, page 12

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “coċall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 217; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cochall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cucullus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈko.xəl̪/
    • (Blasse) [ˈko.xal̪]
    • (Griffith) [ˈko.xəl̪]

Noun

cochall m (genitive cochaill, nominative plural cochaill)

  1. cowl, hood, hooded cloak
  2. (botany) husk

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cochall cochallL cochaillL
vocative cochaill cochallL cochluH
accusative cochallN cochallL cochluH
genitive cochaillL cochall cochallN
dative cochullL cochlaib cochlaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • cochlach (“hooded; wearing a hood”, adjective)
  • cochlán m (“little hood”)

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of cochall
radical lenition nasalization
cochall chochall cochall
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cochall, from Latin cucullus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔxəl̪ˠ/

Noun

cochall m (genitive singular cochaill, plural cochaill or cochallan)

  1. cocoon, chrysalis, cochlea
  2. hood
  3. shell, husk, hull

Declension

Declension of cochall (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative cochall cochaill
genitive cochaill chochall
dative cochall cochaill; cochallaibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) cochall (na) cochaill
genitive (a') chochaill (nan) cochall
dative (a') chochall (na) cochaill; cochallaibh1
vocative chochaill chochalla; chochallaibh

1 obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Alternative plural: cochallan

Mutation

Mutation of cochall
radical lenition
cochall chochall

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

References

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