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)

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

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
caillaghchaillaghgaillagh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms
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