cailleach oíche

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Irish

Noun

cailleach oíche f (genitive singular caillí oíche, nominative plural cailleacha oíche)

  1. owl
    Synonym: ulchabhán
  2. death-watch beetle, deathwatch beetle
    Synonym: ciaróg oíche

Declension

Declension of cailleach oíche (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cailleach oíche cailleacha oíche
vocative a chailleach oíche a chailleacha oíche
genitive caillí oíche cailleach oíche
dative cailleach oíche
cailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal)
cailleacha oíche
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chailleach oíche na cailleacha oíche
genitive na caillí oíche na gcailleach oíche
dative leis an gcailleach oíche
leis an gcailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal)

don chailleach oíche
don chailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal)
leis na cailleacha oíche

Mutation

Mutated forms of cailleach oíche
radical lenition eclipsis
cailleach oíche chailleach oíche gcailleach oíche

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

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