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)
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)
Declension
Declension of caochán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caochán | chaochán | gcaochán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Entries containing “caochán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “caochán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caochán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cáechán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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