cuaiche

Irish

Noun

cuaiche f sg

1. genitive singular of cuach (“cuckoo; strain of music; snatch of song; alto, falsetto (voice); whoop; whinny; whine; sigh, sob”)

Noun

cuaiche f sg

1. genitive singular of cuach (“ball, bundle; bowknot; roll; tress, curl; tuft, latch; hug, embrace”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuaiche	chuaiche	gcuaiche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuaiche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “cuaiche” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cuaiche” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.