Adjective: caoch
Declension: 1
| Singular Nominative | caoch |
| Singular Genitive Masc. | caoch |
| Singular Genitive Fem. | caoiche |
| Plural Nominative | caocha |
Comparative
| níos caoiche |
| ní ba chaoiche |
Adjectives inflected like caoch
anghrách,
breoch,
buach,
bách,
cairdiach,
caoch,
ceoch,
díleách,
díomuach,
geamhchaoch,
grách,
moch,
reoch,
spleách,
stuach,
síorghnách,
treoch,
tírghrách,
urghnách,
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”)). See: Latin Adjectives '
caecus'.
Translations
blind, make temporarily or permanently blind
stymie, to thwart or stump