cuachma

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cochmae (“vessel”).

Noun

cuachma f (genitive singular cuachma, nominative plural cuachmaí)

1. whelk

Declension

Declension of cuachma (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cuachma cuachmaí vocative a chuachma a chuachmaí genitive cuachma cuachmaí dative cuachma cuachmaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chuachma na cuachmaí genitive na cuachma na gcuachmaí dative leis an gcuachma don chuachma leis na cuachmaí

Derived terms

• cuachma chon (“dog whelk”)
• cuachma choiteann (“common whelk”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuachma

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuachma	chuachma	gcuachma

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) “cuachma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN