Singular
NOMINATIVE
ceann caoch
▪an ceann caoch
GENITIVE
cinn chaoch
▪an chinn chaoch
NOTE When the definite article
(an)
is not present, generally the nominative is used instead of the genitive:
ag lorg an chinn chaoch, le haghaidh an chinn chaoch
but ag lorg ceann caoch, le haghaidh ceann caoch.
Plural
NOMINATIVE
cinn chaocha
▪na cinn chaocha
GENITIVE
ceann caoch
▪na gceann caoch
NOTE When the definite article (na) is not present, generally the nominative is used instead of the genitive:
ag lorg na gceann caoch, le haghaidh na gceann caoch
but ag lorg cinn chaocha, le haghaidh cinn chaocha.
