Noun: cailleach
Gender: Fem
Forms without Article
| Singular Nominative | cailleach |
| Singular Genitive | caillí |
| Plural Nominative | cailleacha |
| Plural Genitive | cailleach |
Forms with Article
| Singular Nominative | an chailleach |
| Singular Genitive | na caillí |
| Plural Nominative | na cailleacha |
| Plural Genitive | na gcailleach |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like cailleach
baintreach,
brídeach,
báirseach,
cailleach,
cláirseach,
crúibíneach,
máithreach,
praiseach,
saileach,
seisreach,
tairseach,
toirneach,
Etymology
From Old Irish caillech (“nun, elderly woman”), from caille (“veil”) (+ -ech), from Latin pallium. Cognate with Manx caillagh. See: Latin Nouns '
pallium'.
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