"caillech" meaning in All languages combined

See caillech on Wiktionary

Noun [Old Irish]

IPA: /ˈka.l̠ʲəx/
Etymology: From caille (“veil”) + -ach. Etymology templates: {{af|sga|caille|-ach|pos=noun|t1=veil}} caille (“veil”) + -ach Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|caillige|||||||nominative plural|caillecha||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|altform=|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} caillech f (genitive caillige, nominative plural caillecha), {{sga-noun|f|caillige|~a}} caillech f (genitive caillige, nominative plural caillecha) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-a-fem|caillig}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=caillig+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=caillecha+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=caillig+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=ā-f|dat_du=caillechaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=caillechaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=caillig+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=caillech+L|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=caillech+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=caillige+H|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=caillig+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=caillecha+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=caillech+L|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=caillig+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=caillecha+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=caillech+L|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: caillige [genitive], caillecha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caillech [nominative, singular], caillig [dual, nominative], caillecha [nominative, plural], caillech [singular, vocative], caillig [dual, vocative], caillecha [plural, vocative], caillig [accusative, singular], caillig [accusative, dual], caillecha [accusative, plural], caillige [genitive, singular], caillech [dual, genitive], caillech [genitive, plural], caillig [dative, singular], caillechaib [dative, dual], caillechaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caillech [error-unrecognized-form], chaillech [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. nun Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-caillech-sga-noun-5m-eZES0
  2. old woman Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-caillech-sga-noun-m7ggBMhg Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish nouns suffixed with -ach, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Christianity, Women Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Old Irish nouns suffixed with -ach: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Christianity: 26 74 Disambiguation of Women: 4 96
     
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "cailleach"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "caillagh"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "cailleach"
            },
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "Cailleach"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "cailleach"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "cailleach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "caille",
        "3": "-ach",
        "pos": "noun",
        "t1": "veil"
      },
      "expansion": "caille (“veil”) + -ach",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From caille (“veil”) + -ach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caillige",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillecha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-a-fem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillech",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillecha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillech",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillecha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillecha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillige",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillech",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillech",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillechaib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillechaib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillech",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaillech",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "caillecha",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "caillige",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "caillech f (genitive caillige, nominative plural caillecha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "caillige",
        "3": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "caillech f (genitive caillige, nominative plural caillecha)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "caillig"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-a-fem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "caillig+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "caillecha+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "caillig+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "ā-f",
        "dat_du": "caillechaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "caillechaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "caillig+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "caillech+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "caillech+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "caillige+H",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "caillig+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "caillecha+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "caillech+L",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "caillig+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "caillecha+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "caillech+L",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nun"
      ],
      "id": "en-caillech-sga-noun-5m-eZES0",
      "links": [
        [
          "nun",
          "nun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish nouns suffixed with -ach",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "sga:Christianity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Women",
          "orig": "sga:Women",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-caillech-sga-noun-m7ggBMhg",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.l̠ʲəx/"
    },
    {
      "note": "Blasse",
      "other": "[ˈka.l̠ʲex]"
    },
    {
      "note": "Griffith",
      "other": "[ˈka.l̠ʲəx]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caillech"
}

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    "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Irish feminine nouns",
    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish nouns",
    "Old Irish nouns suffixed with -ach",
    "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old Irish ā-stem nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "sga:Christianity",
    "sga:Women"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "cailleach"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "caillagh"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "cailleach"
            },
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "Cailleach"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "cailleach"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "cailleach"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "caille",
        "3": "-ach",
        "pos": "noun",
        "t1": "veil"
      },
      "expansion": "caille (“veil”) + -ach",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From caille (“veil”) + -ach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caillige",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillecha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-a-fem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillech",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillecha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillech",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillecha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillecha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillige",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillech",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillech",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillechaib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillechaib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "caillech",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaillech",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
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        "12": "",
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        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
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        "6": "caillige",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "caillech f (genitive caillige, nominative plural caillecha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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        "3": "~a"
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      "expansion": "caillech f (genitive caillige, nominative plural caillecha)",
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      "args": {
        "1": "caillig"
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      "name": "sga-decl-a-fem"
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        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "caillecha+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "caillig+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "ā-f",
        "dat_du": "caillechaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "caillechaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
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        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
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        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "caillech+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
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        "gen_sg3": "",
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        "nom_du3": "",
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        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "caillech+L",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
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        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
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        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "caillech+L",
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        "voc_sg3": ""
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "nun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nun",
          "nun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "old woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.l̠ʲəx/"
    },
    {
      "note": "Blasse",
      "other": "[ˈka.l̠ʲex]"
    },
    {
      "note": "Griffith",
      "other": "[ˈka.l̠ʲəx]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caillech"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: caillech/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "caillech"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "caillech",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "caillech",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.