caochán

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cáechán (“one-eyed person”), cáech (“blind in one eye”, adjective); equivalent to caoch (“blind”) +‎ -án.

Noun

caochán m (genitive singular caocháin, nominative plural caocháin)

  1. purblind creature
    Synonym: caochánaí
  2. mole (burrowing insectivore)
Derived terms
  • caochán cnó (“blind nut”)
  • caochán marsúipiach (“marsupial mole”)
  • caochán práta (“eyeless potato”)
  • carnán caochán (“molehill”)
  • craiceann caocháin (“moleskin”)
  • fiagaí caochán (“mole-catcher”)
  • gaiste caochán (“mole-trap”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

caochán m (genitive singular caocháin, nominative plural caocháin)

  1. marsh rill; boghole
  2. (physiology) caecum

Declension

Declension of caochán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative caochán caocháin
vocative a chaocháin a chaochána
genitive caocháin caochán
dative caochán caocháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an caochán na caocháin
genitive an chaocháin na gcaochán
dative leis an gcaochán
don chaochán 		leis na caocháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of caochán
radical lenition eclipsis
caochán chaochán gcaochán

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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