Colómach

Irish

Etymology

From an Cholóim (“Colombia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Colómach (genitive singular masculine Colómaigh, genitive singular feminine Colómaí, plural Colómacha, not comparable)

  1. Colombian

Declension
Declension of Colómach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Colómach Cholómach Colómacha;
Cholómacha²
Vocative Cholómaigh Colómacha
Genitive Colómaí Colómacha Colómach
Dative Colómach;
Cholómach¹		 Cholómach;
Cholómaigh (archaic)		 Colómacha;
Cholómacha²
Comparative níos Colómaí
Superlative is Colómaí

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

Noun

Colómach m (genitive singular Colómaigh, nominative plural Colómaigh)

  1. Colombian

Declension
Declension of Colómach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Colómach Colómaigh
Vocative a Cholómaigh a Cholómacha
Genitive Colómaigh Colómach
Dative Colómach Colómaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Colómach na Colómaigh
Genitive an Cholómaigh na gColómach
Dative leis an gColómach

don Cholómach

 leis na Colómaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Colómach Cholómach gColómach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Colómach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “Colómach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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