Irish
Noun
cailleach oíche f (genitive singular caillí oíche, nominative plural cailleacha oíche)
- owl
- Synonym: ulchabhán
- death-watch beetle, deathwatch beetle
- Synonym: ciaróg oíche
Declension
Declension of cailleach oíche (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cailleach oíche
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cailleacha oíche
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| vocative
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a chailleach oíche
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a chailleacha oíche
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| genitive
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caillí oíche
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cailleach oíche
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| dative
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cailleach oíche
cailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal)
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cailleacha oíche
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an chailleach oíche
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na cailleacha oíche
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| genitive
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na caillí oíche
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na gcailleach oíche
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| dative
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leis an gcailleach oíche
leis an gcailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal)
don chailleach oíche
don chailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na cailleacha oíche
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Mutation
Mutated forms of cailleach oíche
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| cailleach oíche
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chailleach oíche
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gcailleach oíche
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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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