Irish
Noun
cailleach dhubh f (genitive singular caillí duibhe, nominative plural cailleacha dubha)
- (historical) nun
- cormorant
Declension
Declension of cailleach dhubh (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cailleach dhubh
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cailleacha dubha
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| vocative
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a chailleach dhubh
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a chailleacha dubha
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| genitive
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caillí duibhe
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cailleach dubh
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| dative
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cailleach dhubh
cailligh dhuibh (archaic, dialectal)
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cailleacha dubha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an chailleach dhubh
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na cailleacha dubha
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| genitive
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na caillí duibhe
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na gcailleach dubh
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| dative
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leis an gcailleach dhubh
leis an gcailligh dhuibh (archaic, dialectal)
don chailleach dhubh
don chailligh dhuibh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na cailleacha dubha
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Synonyms
Mutation
Mutated forms of cailleach dhubh
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| cailleach dhubh
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chailleach dhubh
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gcailleach dhubh
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
cailleach dhubh f (genitive singular caillich dhuibhe, plural caillich dhuibhe)
- alternative form of cailleach-dhubh (“nun”)