cailleach oíche

Irish

Noun

cailleach oíche f (genitive singular caillí oíche, nominative plural cailleacha oíche)

  1. owl
    Synonym: ulchabhán
  2. death-watch beetle, deathwatch beetle
    Synonym: ciaróg oíche

Declension
Declension of cailleach oíche

Second declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cailleach oíche cailleacha oíche
Vocative a chailleach oíche a chailleacha oíche
Genitive caillí oíche cailleach oíche
Dative cailleach oíche
cailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal)		 cailleacha oíche

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chailleach oíche na cailleacha oíche
Genitive na caillí oíche na gcailleach oíche
Dative leis an gcailleach oíche
leis an gcailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal)

don chailleach oíche
don chailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal)		 leis na cailleacha oíche

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cailleach oíche chailleach oíche gcailleach oíche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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