caochta
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]caochta
Participle
[edit]caochta
- past participle of caoch
Adjective
[edit]caochta
- blind drunk
- Synonyms: caoch ar meisce, caoch ar na cannaí
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| caochta | chaochta | gcaochta |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caochta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “caochta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024