cáech

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *káykos (“one-eyed, blind”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaːi̯x/

Adjective

cáech

  1. blind in one eye
  2. (by extension, of seed, nuts, etc.) empty

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
† not when substantivized

Noun

cáech m

  1. 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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • (of an eye) cáechaid (“blinds”, verb)
  • cáechán m (“one-eyed person, blind creature”)

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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
  • “cáech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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