caochta

Irish

Alternative forms

• caochda (obsolete)

Noun

caochta

1. genitive singular of caochadh

Participle

caochta

1. past participle of caoch

Adjective

caochta

1. blind drunk

   Synonyms: caoch ar meisce, caoch ar na cannaí

Declension

Declension of caochta

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	caochta	chaochta	caochta; chaochta2
vocative	chaochta		caochta
genitive		caochta	caochta	caochta
dative	caochta; chaochta1	chaochta	caochta; chaochta2
Comparative	níos caochta
Superlative	is caochta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of caochta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caochta	chaochta	gcaochta

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “caochta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “caochta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026