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caille

caille

See also: caillé

French

Noun

caille f (plural cailles)

  1. quail

Verb

caille

  1. first-person singular indicative present of cailler
  2. third-person singular indicative present of cailler
  3. first-person singular subjunctive present of cailler
  4. third-person singular subjunctive present of cailler
  5. second-person singular imperative of cailler

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin pallium.

Noun

caille ?

  1. veil
Inflection
Unknown gender io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Synonyms
  • bréit
Related terms
  • paillium

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

caille f

  1. genitive singular of caill