ceoch

Irish

Etymology

From ceo (“mist, fog, haze”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /coːx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɔːx/

Adjective

ceoch (genitive singular masculine ceoch, genitive singular feminine ceoiche, plural ceocha, comparative ceoiche)

1. foggy

   Synonym: ceomhar

2. misty, cloudy

   Synonym: néaltach

3. nebulous

   Synonyms: míshoiléir, néalmhar

Declension

Declension of ceoch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ceoch	cheoch	ceocha; cheocha²
Vocative	cheoch		ceocha
Genitive		ceoiche	ceocha	ceoch
Dative	ceoch; cheoch¹	cheoch	ceocha; cheocha²
Comparative	níos ceoiche
Superlative	is ceoiche

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
ceoch	cheoch	gceoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceoch”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ceoch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024