ceoch
Irish
Etymology
From ceo (“mist, fog, haze”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /coːx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /cɔːx/
Adjective
ceoch (genitive singular masculine ceoch, genitive singular feminine ceoiche, plural ceocha, comparative ceoiche)
- foggy
- Synonym: ceomhar
- misty, cloudy
- Synonym: néaltach
- nebulous
- Synonyms: míshoiléir, néalmhar
Declension
Declension of ceoch
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ceoch | cheoch | ceocha; cheocha² | |
| Vocative | cheoch | ceocha | ||
| Genitive | ceoiche | ceocha | ceoch | |
| Dative | ceoch; cheoch¹ | cheoch | ceocha; cheocha² | |
| Comparative | níos ceoiche | |||
| Superlative | is ceoiche | |||
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 |
| ceoch | cheoch | gceoch |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ceoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “ceoch” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ceoch” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.