caoch
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish cáech (“blind in one eye; a person blind in one eye”), from Proto-Celtic *kaikos (compare Welsh coeg (“empty, vain, one-eyed, blind”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”) (compare Latin caecus (“blind”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /keːx/, [këːə̯x]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /kiːx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /kiːx/, (older) /kɯːx/
Noun edit
caoch m (genitive singular caoich, nominative plural caocha)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- caoch láibe (“mole”)
Adjective edit
caoch (genitive singular masculine caoich, genitive singular feminine caoiche, plural caocha, comparative caoiche)
- blind, purblind (of creature)
- blind, empty; (of place) blind, closed up (of seed-vessel)
- (card games) nontrump
Declension edit
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | caoch | chaoch | caocha; chaocha² | |
Vocative | chaoch | caocha | ||
Genitive | caoiche | caocha | caoch | |
Dative | caoch; chaoch¹ |
chaoch | caocha; chaocha² | |
Comparative | níos caoiche | |||
Superlative | is caoiche |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
- caochneantóg (“deadnettle”)
Verb edit
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 (object) = at]; flicker
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caoch | chaoch | gcaoch |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cáech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 56
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish cáech (“blind in one eye; a person blind in one eye”), from Proto-Celtic *kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”).
Adjective edit
caoch (genitive singular feminine caoiche)
Noun edit
caoch m
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
caoch | chaoch |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “caoch”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cáech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language