caoifeach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom caomh (“companion”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaoifeach m (genitive singular caoifigh, nominative plural caoifigh) (literary)
Declension
editDeclension of caoifeach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caoifeach | chaoifeach | gcaoifeach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ “caoifeach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 319, page 112
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cáemthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caoiṁṫeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 115
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caoifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN