sochaí

Irish

Alternative forms

• sochaidhe

Etymology

From Old Irish sochaide (“crowd”)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠəˈxiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɔxiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɔxi/

Noun

sochaí f (genitive singular sochaí, nominative plural sochaithe)

1. many
2. host, multitude
3. (sociology) social community, society

Declension

Declension of sochaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sochaí sochaithe vocative a shochaí a shochaithe genitive sochaí sochaithe dative sochaí sochaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tsochaí na sochaithe genitive na sochaí na sochaithe dative leis an tsochaí don tsochaí leis na sochaithe

Derived terms

• soch-
• sochaíoch

Mutation

Mutated forms of sochaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sochaí	shochaí after an, tsochaí	not applicable

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) “sochaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sochaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sochaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024