cotún

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English coton (“cotton, cotton clothing”).

Pronunciation

(Cork) IPA^(key): /kɔˈt̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/

Noun

cotún m (genitive singular cotúin, nominative plural cotúin)

cotton
Synonym: cadás
(historical) jacket, aketon

Declension

Declension of cotún

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cotún	cotúin
Vocative	a chotúin	a chotúna
Genitive	cotúin	cotún
Dative	cotún	cotúin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cotún	na cotúin
Genitive	an chotúin	na gcotún
Dative	leis an gcotún don chotún	leis na cotúin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cotún	chotún	gcotún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cotún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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