cáech
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed, blind”). Cognate with Welsh coeg and more distantly Latin caecus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaːi̯x/
Inflection
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | cáech | cáech | cáech |
| Vocative | caích* cáech** | ||
| Accusative | cáech | caích | |
| Genitive | caích | caíche | caích |
| Dative | cáech | caích | cáech |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | caích | cáecha | |
| Vocative | cáechu cáecha† | ||
| Accusative | cáechu cáecha† | ||
| Genitive | cáech | ||
| Dative | cáechaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Noun
cáech m
- person blind in one eye
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | cáech | cáechL | caíchL |
| Vocative | caích | cáechL | cáechuH |
| Accusative | cáechN | cáechL | cáechuH |
| Genitive | caíchL | cáech | cáechN |
| Dative | cáechL | cáechaib | cáechaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- (of an eye) cáechaid (“blinds”, verb)
- cáechán m (“one-eyed person, blind creature”)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cáech | cháech | cáech pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cáech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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