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Middle Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish cach.
Pronunciation
Determiner
cach
- each, every
- c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó (in Middle Irish), Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 12, page 2: “Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri. ― an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron.”
Descendants
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| cach |
chach |
cach
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- cech (usual form in the Milan glosses)
Etymology
Shortened from cách (“everyone, everything”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos; cognate with Middle Welsh pawb (modern Welsh pob).
Pronunciation
Determiner
cach (usual form in the St Gall glosses; also common in the Würzburg glosses)
- each, every
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cach.
Inflection
Mostly invariable, but the following forms are also rarely attested:
- cacha, cecha (genitive singular feminine; plural of all cases and genders)
- caich (genitive singular masculine and neuter)
Descendants
Pronoun
cach
- Alternative spelling of cách
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| cach
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chach
|
cach
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 490, page 310
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cach, cech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Totontepec Mixe
Noun
cach
- basket
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *kax, from Proto-Celtic *kakkos, *kakkā, from a very widespread child-language word for feces.
Pronunciation
Noun
cach m (uncountable)
- (vulgar) shit
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies