caoifeach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • caoibhtheach, caoimhtheach, caomhthach[1]

Etymology

From caomh (“companion”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Noun

caoifeach m (genitive singular caoifigh, nominative plural caoifigh) (literary)

  1. bedfellow, boon companion, dear friend

Declension

Declension of caoifeach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative caoifeach caoifigh
vocative a chaoifigh a chaoifeacha
genitive caoifigh caoifeach
dative caoifeach caoifigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an caoifeach na caoifigh
genitive an chaoifigh na gcaoifeach
dative leis an gcaoifeach
don chaoifeach 		leis na caoifigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of caoifeach
radical lenition eclipsis
caoifeach chaoifeach gcaoifeach

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

References

  1. ^ “caoifeach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 319, page 112

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