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.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceoch | cheoch | gceoch |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |