caochta
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
caochta
Participle edit
caochta
- past participle of caoch
Adjective edit
caochta
- blind drunk
- Synonyms: caoch ar meisce, caoch ar na cannaí
Declension edit
Declension of caochta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | caochta | chaochta | caochta; chaochta² | |
| Vocative | chaochta | caochta | ||
| Genitive | caochta | caochta | caochta | |
| Dative | caochta; chaochta¹ |
chaochta | caochta; chaochta² | |
| Comparative | níos caochta | |||
| Superlative | is caochta | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caochta | chaochta | gcaochta |
| 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) “caochta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “caochta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.