cothú

See also: coþu and cơ thủ

Irish

Alternative forms

cothughadh (superseded)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈhuː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔhuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔhu/[1]

Noun

cothú m (genitive singular cothaithe)

verbal noun of cothaigh
food, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance

Declension

Declension of cothú

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	cothú
Vocative	a chothú
Genitive	cothaithe
Dative	cothú

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an cothú
Genitive	an chothaithe
Dative	leis an gcothú don chothú

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cothú	chothú	gcothú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 67

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cothú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50

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