cailleach dhubh

Irish

Noun

cailleach dhubh f (genitive singular caillí duibhe, nominative plural cailleacha dubha)

  1. (historical) nun
  2. cormorant

Declension
Declension of cailleach dhubh

Second declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cailleach dhubh cailleacha dubha
Vocative a chailleach dhubh a chailleacha dubha
Genitive caillí duibhe cailleach dubh
Dative cailleach dhubh
cailligh dhuibh (archaic, dialectal)		 cailleacha dubha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chailleach dhubh na cailleacha dubha
Genitive na caillí duibhe na gcailleach dubh
Dative leis an gcailleach dhubh
leis an gcailligh dhuibh (archaic, dialectal)

don chailleach dhubh
don chailligh dhuibh (archaic, dialectal)		 leis na cailleacha dubha

Synonyms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cailleach dhubh chailleach dhubh gcailleach dhubh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cailleach dhubh f (genitive singular caillich dhuibhe, plural caillich dhuibhe)

  1. Alternative form of cailleach-dhubh (“nun”)
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