Irish
Noun
cailleach rua f (genitive singular caillí rua, nominative plural cailleacha rua)
- loach
Declension
Declension of cailleach rua (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cailleach rua
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cailleacha rua
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| vocative
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a chailleach rua
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a chailleacha rua
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| genitive
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caillí rua
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cailleach rua
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| dative
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cailleach rua cailligh rua (archaic, dialectal)
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cailleacha rua
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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 rua
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na cailleacha rua
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| genitive
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na caillí rua
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na gcailleach rua
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| dative
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leis an gcailleach rua leis an gcailligh rua (archaic, dialectal)
don chailleach rua don chailligh rua (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na cailleacha rua
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Mutation
Mutated forms of cailleach rua
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| cailleach rua
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chailleach rua
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gcailleach rua
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cailleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cailleach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cailleach rua”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025