cach

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See also: Cach, cac'h, càch, cách, and cạch

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cach.

Pronunciation

Determiner

cach

  1. each, every
    • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 12:
      Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri.
      an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron.

Descendants

  • Irish: gach
  • Manx: dagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: gach

Mutation

Mutation of cach
radical lenition nasalization
cach chach cach
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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)

  1. 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)

Derived terms

Descendants

Pronoun

cach

  1. Alternative spelling of cách

Mutation

Mutation of cach
radical lenition nasalization
cach chach cach
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Totontepec Mixe

Noun

cach

  1. 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)

  1. (vulgar) shit

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cach
radical soft nasal aspirate
cach gach nghach chach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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
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