caillagh

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish caillech (“nun, housekeeper, elderly woman, crone, hag”), from caille (“veil”) (+ -ech), from Latin pallium. Cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic cailleach.

Noun

caillagh f (genitive singular caillee)

  1. old woman, witch, crone
  2. single woman
  3. glaucous gull

Derived terms

  • caillagh eeast
  • caillagh foawragh
  • caillagh ghoo
  • caillagh ny gueshag
  • caillagh oie
  • caillagh ruy
  • caillagh vane
  • caillagh varrey
  • caillagh veg yn arbyl
  • caillagh vreck

Mutation

Mutation of caillagh
radical lenition eclipsis
caillagh chaillagh gaillagh

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

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