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collach

collach

Irish

Noun

collach m ‎(genitive singular collaigh, nominative plural collaigh)

boar (male pig)
male crab
crude, fleshy, person

Declension

Declension of collach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	collach	collaigh
Vocative	a chollaigh	a chollacha
Genitive	collaigh	collach
Dative	collach	collaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an collach	na collaigh
Genitive	an chollaigh	na gcollach
Dative	leis an gcollach don chollach	leis na collaigh

Synonyms

(male crab): collach portáin

Derived terms

fia-chollach m ‎(“wild boar”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
collach	chollach	gcollach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"collach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“cullach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.