caoch

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish cáech (“blind in one eye”), from Proto-Celtic *kaikos (compare Welsh coeg (“one-eyed, blind”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”) (compare Latin caecus (“blind”)). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /keːx/, [këːə̯x] (Connacht) IPA(key): /kiːx/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /kiːx/, (older) /kɯːx/ === Adjective === caoch (genitive singular masculine caoich, genitive singular feminine caoiche, plural caocha, comparative caoiche) blind, purblind (of creature) blind, empty; (of place) blind, closed up (of seed-vessel) (card games) nontrump (nominalized, masculine) blind, purblind person, creature (nominalized, feminine) found in the names of agriculturally harmful organisms ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === caoch (present analytic caochann, future analytic caochfaidh, verbal noun caochadh, past participle caochta) (transitive) to blind; daze, dazzle (intransitive, of seed-vessel) to become empty, wither (intransitive) to close, become blocked (intransitive) to wink [with ar ‘at’]; flicker ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “caoċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 159; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “caoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === coech === Etymology === From Old Irish cáech (“blind in one eye; a person blind in one eye”), from Proto-Celtic *kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʰɯːx/ === Adjective === caoch (genitive singular feminine caoiche) empty blind hollow blasted one-eyed === Noun === caoch m grampus mole blind beast === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “caoch”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language