# coileach
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“call”) (compare Latin calō, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (“to low (of cows)”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /kəˈlʲax/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈkɛlʲəx/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈkɛlʲax/, /ˈkɛlʲa(h)/

### Noun

coileach m (genitive singular coiligh, nominative plural coiligh)
* cock
** rooster
** other male bird

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
coileach
coiligh
vocative
a choiligh
a choileacha
genitive
coiligh
coileach
dative
coileach
coiligh
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an coileach
na coiligh
genitive
an choiligh
na gcoileach
dative
leis an gcoileach don choileach
leis na coiligh :

#### Derived terms

* coileach bradáin m (“male salmon”)
* coileach ceannann m (“(male) bald-coot”)
* coileach comhraic, coileach troda m (“gamecock”)
* coileach dubh m (“blackcock”)
* coileach feá, coileach coille m (“woodcock”)
* coileach francach m (“turkey-cock”)
* coileach fraoigh m (“moor cock, male red grouse”)
* coileach gaoithe (“weather-cock; changeable person”)
* coileach guine m (“guinea-cock”)
* coileach óg m (“cockerel”)
* coileach péacóige m (“peacock”)
* coileachmheáchan m (“bantam-weight”)
* troid choileach f (“cock-fighting”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 66

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (compare Welsh ceiliog), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“call”) (compare Latin calō, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (“to low (of cows)”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈkʰaləx/
* (North Uist) IPA: /ˈkʰæləx/
* (Barra, Skye, Wester Ross) IPA: /ˈkʰɤləx/, [ˈkʰɤlʌx]

### Noun

coileach m (genitive singular coilich, plural coilich)
* cock, rooster
* barn-cock
* rill of water
* eddy, rapids
* (west of Ross) white crest on the waves
* the apex of a thatched hay- or corn-stack

#### Derived terms

* coileach an dùnain, coileach-òtraich (“barn-door cock”)
* coileach Innseanach (“male guinea fowl”)
* coileach òg (“cockerel”)
* coileach-àrcain (“shuttlecock”)
* coileach-buadha (“victor in a cock fight”)
* coileach-catha (“gamecock”)
* coileach-cathaig (“jackdaw”)
* coileach-coille (“woodcock”)
* coileach-dubh (“blackcock”)
* coileach-duitseach (“curtailed cock”)
* coileach-Frangach (“turkey-cock; bustard”)
* coileach-fraoich (“moorcock, heath-cock, red grouse cock”)
* coileach-gaoithe (“weathercock, vane”)
* coileach-gròid (“fireplace of a kiln”)
* coileach-lacha (“drake”)
* coileach-spodhta (“capon”)
* coileach-sràide (“shuttlecock; fireplace of a kiln”)
* coileach-teas (“mirage, shimmering effect on a hot day”)
* coileach-tomain (“cock partridge”)

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎, Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “coileach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN