caoch rua
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caoch rua f (genitive singular caoiche rua, nominative plural caocha rua)
- wireworm (larva of the click beetle)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| caoch rua | chaoch rua | gcaoch rua |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 276, page 137
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “caoċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caoch rua”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm