From ceo (“mist, fog, haze”) + -ach.
ceoch (genitive singular masculine ceoch, genitive singular feminine ceoiche, plural ceocha, comparative ceoiche)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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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.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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ceoch | cheoch | gceoch |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.