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cailc
cailc
Irish
Noun
cailc f (genitive singular cailce, nominative plural cailceanna)
Declension
Declension of cailc
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- cailc-chlár, clár cailc (“chalkboard”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cailc | chailc | gcailc |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cailc, from Latin calx (compare Welsh calch), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).
Noun
cailc f (genitive singular cailce, no plural)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)