cailech

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kalyākos, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“call”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.lʲəx/
  • (Blasse) [ˈka.lʲex]
  • (Griffith) [ˈka.lʲəx]

Noun

cailech m (genitive cailig, nominative plural cailig)

1. rooster

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cailech	cailechL	cailigL
vocative	cailig	cailechL	cailechuH
accusative	cailechN	cailechL	cailechuH
genitive	cailigL	cailech	cailechN
dative	cailechL	cailechaib	cailechaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: coileach
• Manx: kellagh
• Scottish Gaelic: coileach

Mutation

Mutation of cailech

radical	lenition	nasalization
cailech	chailech	cailech pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language