cailleach oíche

Irish

Noun

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

1. owl

   Synonym: ulchabhán

2. death-watch beetle, deathwatch beetle

   Synonym: ciaróg oíche

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

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cailleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• Entries containing “cailleach oíche” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.