caillagh

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish caillech (“nun, housekeeper, elderly woman, crone, hag”), from caille (“veil”) (+ -ech), from Latin pallium. Cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic cailleach.

Noun

caillagh f (genitive singular caillee)

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

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

Mutation

Mutation of caillagh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caillagh	chaillagh	gaillagh

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