cúach

See also: cuach

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cói, taking the genitive cúach as the new nominative of an ā-stem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːə̯x/

Noun

cúach f (genitive cúaiche, nominative plural cúacha)

  1. cuckoo

Descendants

  • Irish: cuach
  • Manx: cooag
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuach

Mutation

Mutation of cúach
radical lenition nasalization
cúach chúach cúach
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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kuːa̯x]

Noun

cúach

  1. genitive singular/dual/plural of cói

Mutation

Mutation of cúach
radical lenition nasalization
cúach chúach cúach
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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