cáech
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Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed, blind”). Cognate with Welsh coeg and more distantly Latin caecus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cáech
Inflection[edit]
o/ā-stem | |||
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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[edit]
cáech m
- person blind in one eye
Inflection[edit]
Masculine o-stem | |||
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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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish adjectives
- Old Irish o/ā-stem adjectives
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish masculine nouns
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