caoth

Irish

Alternative forms

• cae

Etymology

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Noun

caoth m (genitive singular caoith, nominative plural caotha)

1. boghole, swamp-hole
2. ditch

Declension

Declension of caoth (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative caoth caotha vocative a chaoith a chaotha genitive caoith caoth dative caoth caotha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an caoth na caotha genitive an chaoith na gcaoth dative leis an gcaoth don chaoth leis na caotha

• Alternative plural: caothacha

Derived terms

• caoth cloiche (“rock cavity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caoth

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caoth	chaoth	gcaoth

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

Further reading

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