cócaire

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cócaire,[1] from Middle English cook +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

Noun

cócaire m (genitive singular cócaire, nominative plural cócairí)

  1. cook

Declension

Declension of cócaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cócaire cócairí
vocative a chócaire a chócairí
genitive cócaire cócairí
dative cócaire cócairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cócaire na cócairí
genitive an chócaire na gcócairí
dative leis an gcócaire
don chócaire 		leis na cócairí

Derived terms

  • cócaire pastaetha m, cócaire taosráin m (“pastry cook”)
  • cócaireacht f (“(act of) cooking”)
  • cócaireán m (“cooker”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cócaire
radical lenition eclipsis
cócaire chócaire gcócaire

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cocaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 202

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