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caoch
caoch
Irish
Noun
caoch m (genitive singular caoich, nominative plural caocha)
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- caoch láibe (“mole”)
Adjective
caoch (genitive singular masculine caoich, genitive singular feminine caoiche, plural caocha, comparative caoiche)
- (of creature) blind, purblind
- (of seed-vessel) blind, empty; (of place) blind, closed up
- (card games) nontrump
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | caoch | caoch¹ | caocha³ | |
| Vocative | caoch¹ | caoch¹ | caocha | |
| Genitive | caoch¹ | caoiche | caocha | caoch |
| Dative | caoch² | caoch¹ | caocha³ | |
| Comparative | caoiche | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Verb
caoch (present analytic caochann, future analytic caochfaidh, verbal noun caochadh, past participle caochta)
- (transitive) blind; daze, dazzle
- (intransitive, of seed-vessel) become empty, wither
- (intransitive) close, become blocked
- (intransitive) wink (ar (“at”)); flicker
Conjugation
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | caochaim | caochann tú; caochair† |
caochann sé, sí | caochaimid | caochann sibh | caochann siad; caochaid† |
a chaochann; a chaochas / a gcaochann*; a gcaochas* |
caochtar |
| past | chaoch mé; chaochas | chaoch tú; chaochais | chaoch sé, sí | chaochamar; chaoch muid | chaoch sibh; chaochabhair | chaoch siad; chaochadar | a chaoch / ar chaoch* |
caochadh | |
| past habitual | chaochainn | chaochtá | chaochadh sé, sí | chaochaimis; chaochadh muid | chaochadh sibh | chaochaidís; chaochadh siad | a chaochadh / ar chaochadh* |
chaochtaí | |
| future | caochfaidh mé; caochfad |
caochfaidh tú; caochfair† |
caochfaidh sé, sí | caochfaimid; caochfaidh muid |
caochfaidh sibh | caochfaidh siad; caochfaid† |
a chaochfaidh; a chaochfas / a gcaochfaidh*; a gcaochfas* |
caochfar | |
| conditional | chaochfainn | chaochfá | chaochfadh sé, sí | chaochfaimis; chaochfadh muid | chaochfadh sibh | chaochfaidís; chaochfadh siad | a chaochfadh / ar chaochfadh* |
chaochfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go gcaocha mé; go gcaochad† |
go gcaocha tú; go gcaochair† |
go gcaocha sé, sí | go gcaochaimid; go gcaocha muid |
go gcaocha sibh | go gcaocha siad; go gcaochaid† |
— | go gcaochtar |
| past | dá gcaochainn | dá gcaochtá | dá gcaochadh sé, sí | dá gcaochaimis; dá gcaochadh muid |
dá gcaochadh sibh | dá gcaochaidís; dá gcaochadh siad |
— | dá gcaochtaí | |
| imperative | caochaim | caoch | caochadh sé, sí | caochaimis | caochaigí; caochaidh† |
caochaidís | — | caochtar | |
| verbal noun | caochadh | ||||||||
| past participle | caochta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caoch | chaoch | gcaoch |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "caoch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “cáech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- coech
Etymology
From Old Irish cáech (“blind in one eye; a person blind in one eye”), from Proto-Celtic *kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *káykos (“one-eyed”).
Adjective
caoch (genitive singular feminine caoiche)
Noun
caoch m
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “cáech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.