caochta
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]caochta
Participle
[edit]caochta
- past participle of caoch
Adjective
[edit]caochta
- blind drunk
- Synonyms: caoch ar meisce, caoch ar na cannaí
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caochta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “caochta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024