caochta

Irish

Alternative forms

• caochda (obsolete)

Noun

caochta

1. genitive singular of caochadh

Participle

caochta

1. past participle of caoch

Adjective

caochta

1. blind drunk

   Synonyms: caoch ar meisce, caoch ar na cannaí

Declension

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

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caochta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “caochta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024