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cailleach_oíche

cailleach oíche

Irish

Noun

cailleach oíche f ‎(genitive singular caillí oíche, nominative plural cailleacha oíche)

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Declension

Declension of cailleach oíche

Second declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cailleach oíche	cailleacha oíche
Vocative	a chailleach oíche	a chailleacha oíche
Genitive	caillí oíche	cailleach oíche
Dative	cailleach oíche cailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal)	cailleacha oíche

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chailleach oíche	na cailleacha oíche
Genitive	na caillí oíche	na gcailleach oíche
Dative	leis an gcailleach oíche leis an gcailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal) don chailleach oíche don chailligh oíche (archaic, dialectal)	leis na cailleacha oíche

Synonyms

ulchabhán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cailleach oíche	chailleach oíche	gcailleach oíche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"cailleach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.