cuachma

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cochmae (“vessel”).

Noun

cuachma f (genitive singular cuachma, nominative plural cuachmaí)

1. whelk

Declension

Declension of cuachma

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cuachma cuachmaí Vocative a chuachma a chuachmaí Genitive cuachma cuachmaí Dative cuachma cuachmaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chuachma na cuachmaí Genitive na cuachma na gcuachmaí Dative leis an gcuachma don chuachma leis na cuachmaí

Derived terms

• cuachma chon (“dog whelk”)
• cuachma choiteann (“common whelk”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuachma	chuachma	gcuachma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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