cach

See also: Cach, cac'h, càch, cách, and cạch

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• gach

Etymology

From Old Irish cach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kax/

Determiner

cach

1. each, every
   • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 12:

     Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri.

     [There was] an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron.

Descendants

• Irish: gach
• Manx: dagh
• Scottish Gaelic: gach

Mutation

Mutation of cach

radical	lenition	nasalization
cach	chach	cach pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cach, cech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cech (usual form in the Milan glosses)

Etymology

Shortened from cách (“everyone, everything”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos; cognate with Middle Welsh pawb (modern Welsh pob).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kax/

Determiner

cach (usual form in the St Gall glosses; also common in the Würzburg glosses)

1. each, every

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cach.

Inflection

Mostly invariable, but the following forms are also rarely attested:

• cacha, cecha (genitive singular feminine; plural of all cases and genders)
• caich (genitive singular masculine and neuter)

Derived terms

• cach la céin

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cach, gach
  • Irish: gach
  • Manx: dagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: gach

Pronoun

cach

1. alternative spelling of cách

Mutation

Mutation of cach

radical	lenition	nasalization
cach	chach	cach pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 490, page 310; reprinted 2017
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cach, cech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Noun

cach

1. basket

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kax, from Proto-Celtic *kakkos, *kakkā, from a very widespread child-language word for feces.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːχ/
• Rhymes: -aːχ

Noun

cach m (uncountable)

1. (vulgar) shit

Derived terms

• cachlwyth
• cachu

Mutation

Mutated forms of cach

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cach	gach	nghach	chach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies