caochta

Irish

Alternative forms
  • caochda (obsolete)

Noun

caochta

  1. genitive singular of caochadh

Participle

caochta

  1. past participle of caoch

Adjective

caochta

  1. blind drunk
    Synonyms: caoch ar meisce, caoch ar na cannaí

Declension
Declension of caochta
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative caochta chaochta caochta;
chaochta²
Vocative chaochta caochta
Genitive caochta caochta caochta
Dative caochta;
chaochta¹		 chaochta caochta;
chaochta²
Comparative níos caochta
Superlative is caochta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caochta chaochta gcaochta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caochta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “caochta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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