cailleach oíche

Irish

Noun

cailleach oíche f (genitive singular caillí oíche, nominative plural cailleacha oíche)

1. owl

   Synonym: ulchabhán

2. death-watch beetle, deathwatch beetle

   Synonym: ciaróg oíche

Declension

Declension of cailleach oíche (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cailleach oíche cailleacha oíche vocative a chailleach oíche a chailleacha oíche genitive caillí oíche cailleach oíche dative cailleach oíche cailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal) cailleacha oíche forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chailleach oíche na cailleacha oíche genitive na caillí oíche na gcailleach oíche dative leis an gcailleach oíche leis an gcailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal) don chailleach oíche don chailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal) leis na cailleacha oíche

Mutation

Mutated forms of cailleach oíche

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cailleach oíche	chailleach oíche	gcailleach oíche

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cailleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cailleach oíche”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm