caillagh
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish caillech (“nun, housekeeper, elderly woman, crone, hag”), from caille (“veil”) (+ -ech), from Latin pallium.
Noun
caillagh f (genitive singular caillee)
- old woman, witch, crone
- single woman
- glaucous gull
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caillagh | chaillagh | gaillagh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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