"cailleach" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈlʲax/ [Munster], /ˈkal̠ʲəx/ [Connacht], /ˈkal̠ʲa(h)/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish caillech (“nun, housekeeper, elderly woman, crone, hag”), from caille (“veil”) (+ -ech), from Latin pallium. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|caillech|t=nun, housekeeper, elderly woman, crone, hag}} Old Irish caillech (“nun, housekeeper, elderly woman, crone, hag”), {{der|ga|la|pallium}} Latin pallium Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|caillí|||||||nominative plural|cailleacha|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} cailleach f (genitive singular caillí, nominative plural cailleacha), {{ga-noun|f|caillí|~a}} cailleach f (genitive singular caillí, nominative plural cailleacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f2|c|ailleach|aillí|dat=ailligh|datoc=a}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: caillí [genitive, singular], cailleacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cailleach [indefinite, nominative, singular], cailleacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chailleach [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chailleacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], caillí [genitive, indefinite, singular], cailleach [genitive, indefinite, plural], cailleach [dative, indefinite, singular], cailligh [archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular], cailleacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an chailleach [definite, nominative, singular], na cailleacha [definite, nominative, plural], na caillí [definite, genitive, singular], na gcailleach [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcailleach [dative, definite, singular], leis an gcailligh [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], don chailleach [dative, definite, singular], don chailligh [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], leis na cailleacha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cailleach [mutation, mutation-radical], chailleach [lenition, mutation], gcailleach [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. (historical) nun Tags: feminine, historical Synonyms: cailleach dhubh, cailleach Mhuire
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-5m-eZES0
  2. old woman, hag; midwife
    witch
    Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-tQETXoEE Disambiguation of Female people: 0 22 22 22 2 1 5 0 0 3 5 0 2 8 9 0 0
  3. old woman, hag; midwife
    (informal, usually derogatory) old dear
    Tags: derogatory, feminine, informal, usually Categories (topical): Female people, Occult Categories (lifeform): Jawless fish
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-uIgZixGR Disambiguation of Female people: 0 22 22 22 2 1 5 0 0 3 5 0 2 8 9 0 0 Disambiguation of Occult: 1 7 29 7 2 3 4 1 5 12 8 1 5 1 9 4 1 Disambiguation of Jawless fish: 1 3 55 4 2 1 2 1 2 9 2 1 8 2 4 1 1 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 21 0 1 21 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 16 18 1 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 0 1 26 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 14 23 1 0 1 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 48 3 1 1 3 0 2 12 4 0 7 5 9 1 1
  4. old woman, hag; midwife
    (informal, also offensive, derogatory) old girl
    Tags: also, derogatory, feminine, informal, offensive Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-iizMC68C Disambiguation of Female people: 0 22 22 22 2 1 5 0 0 3 5 0 2 8 9 0 0
  5. precocious girl Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-ro1lSYr8
  6. (informal, offensive, derogatory) bag, bat, bitch, cat, cow, dog, jade, shrew Tags: derogatory, feminine, informal, offensive
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-FbeMEsUb
  7. (of man)
    (contemptuously) spineless fellow, coward
    Tags: feminine Synonyms: cailleach fir
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-1~26fTO3
  8. (of man)
    (facetiously, in direct address) lad!
    Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-Yw184wgK
  9. spent, shrivelled, thing Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-DiAxEknB
  10. stump; obstructing object Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-Z22iuGJB
  11. truss, bundle (of straw, wrack) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-t4NnXeTX
  12. stone weight (on rope, net) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-s88yODtC
  13. recess for bed; alcove; (familiar) snuggery Tags: feminine Synonyms: cailleach shúgáin
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-CJUsb1wy
  14. rainmaker Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-c53kN6Ac
  15. scold Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-t4Gp6TOn
  16. (architecture) outshot; return Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-DqOzLKMY Topics: architecture
  17. hagfish, borer Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-ga-noun-igg0HClg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beacán na caillí (english: lady in the veil (type of mushroom)) [masculine], cailleach an ghiodail (english: pert hussy) [feminine], cailleach an uafáis (english: alarmist; scaremonger) [feminine], cailleach bhasctha (english: protruding object in ground) [feminine], cailleach bheag (english: bee orchid) [feminine], cailleach bhreac (english: larger spotted dog-fish) [feminine], cailleach bhréagach (english: spotted orchid) [feminine], cailleach chneasta (english: white witch) [feminine], cailleach chrainn (english: wood-louse) [feminine], cailleach dharach (english: oak stump) [feminine], cailleach dhearg (english: common poppy; corn poppy) [feminine], cailleach dhubh (english: nun; cormorant) [feminine], cailleach feasa (english: sorceress, witch; wise woman, fortune-teller) [feminine], cailleach fhada (english: long-headed poppy) [feminine], cailleach fhuar (english: early purple orchid) [feminine], cailleach gheamaireachta (english: pantomime dame) [feminine], cailleach ghiúise (english: pine stump) [feminine], cailleach ghoile (english: tapeworm) [feminine], cailleach Mhuire (english: nun) [feminine], cailleach na clúide (english: old woman in the chimney-corner) [feminine], cailleach na gcearc (english: hag, witch) [feminine], cailleach na luatha buí (english: sit-by-the-fire; cinderella) [feminine], cailleach na luatha (english: cricket; sit-by-the-fire; cinderella) [feminine], cailleach na mbréag (english: lying hussy) [feminine], cailleach oíche (english: owl; death watch beetle) [feminine], cailleach phiseogach (english: sorceress, charm-worker) [feminine], cailleach phráta (english: shrivelled potato; old seed-potato) [feminine], cailleach rua (english: loach) [feminine], cailleachas (english: haggishness) [masculine], cailleachúil (english: haggish; womanish) [adjective], codladh na Caillí Béarra (english: protracted sleep) [masculine], comhrá cailleach (english: old wives’ tales) [masculine], feoil na caillí (english: polyporus) [feminine], fia-chailleach (english: hag, witch; unruly woman) [feminine], galar scuab na caillí (english: witch's broom) [masculine], gas caillí Artach (english: northern rock-cress) [masculine], gas caillí duimhche (english: fringed rock-cress) [masculine], gas caillí giobach (english: hairy rock-cress) [masculine], hata caillí (english: witch's hat) [masculine], leigheas caillí, leigheas na caillí (english: old woman's remedy) [masculine], méara na caillí (english: mermaid's glove) [feminine], peata caillí (english: pampered child, no-good person; an old woman’s pet) [literally, masculine], ruacán caillí (english: crone) [masculine], samhairle caillí (english: disagreeable hag) [masculine], scuab caillí (english: witch's broomstick) [feminine], seanchailleach (english: witch, hag) [feminine], smior chailleach (english: spinal marrow) [feminine], snaidhm chaillí (english: granny knot) [feminine], sparán na caillí mairbhe (english: egg-case of skate; mermaid's purse) [masculine]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "lady in the veil (type of mushroom)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beacán na caillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pert hussy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach an ghiodail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "alarmist; scaremonger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach an uafáis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "protruding object in ground",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach bhasctha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bee orchid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach bheag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "larger spotted dog-fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach bhreac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "spotted orchid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach bhréagach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "white witch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach chneasta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "wood-louse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach chrainn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "oak stump",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach dharach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "common poppy; corn poppy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach dhearg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "nun; cormorant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach dhubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sorceress, witch; wise woman, fortune-teller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach feasa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "long-headed poppy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach fhada"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "early purple orchid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach fhuar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pantomime dame",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach gheamaireachta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pine stump",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach ghiúise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "tapeworm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach ghoile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "nun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach Mhuire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "old woman in the chimney-corner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach na clúide"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hag, witch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach na gcearc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sit-by-the-fire; cinderella",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach na luatha buí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "cricket; sit-by-the-fire; cinderella",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach na luatha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "lying hussy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach na mbréag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "owl; death watch beetle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach oíche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sorceress, charm-worker",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach phiseogach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "shrivelled potato; old seed-potato",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach phráta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "loach",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach rua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "haggishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleachas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "haggish; womanish",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "cailleachúil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "protracted sleep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "codladh na Caillí Béarra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "old wives’ tales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comhrá cailleach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "polyporus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feoil na caillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hag, witch; unruly woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fia-chailleach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "witch's broom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galar scuab na caillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "northern rock-cress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gas caillí Artach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "fringed rock-cress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gas caillí duimhche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hairy rock-cress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gas caillí giobach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "witch's hat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hata caillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "leigheas caillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "old woman's remedy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leigheas na caillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mermaid's glove",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "méara na caillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pampered child, no-good person; an old woman’s pet",
      "tags": [
        "literally",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peata caillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "crone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ruacán caillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "disagreeable hag",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samhairle caillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "witch's broomstick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scuab caillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "witch, hag",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seanchailleach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "spinal marrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smior chailleach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "granny knot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "snaidhm chaillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "egg-case of skate; mermaid's purse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sparán na caillí mairbhe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "caillech",
        "t": "nun, housekeeper, elderly woman, crone, hag"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish caillech (“nun, housekeeper, elderly woman, crone, hag”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pallium"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pallium",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish caillech (“nun, housekeeper, elderly woman, crone, hag”), from caille (“veil”) (+ -ech), from Latin pallium.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caillí",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chailleacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailligh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cailleacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na caillí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcailligh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chailligh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cailleacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chailleach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcailleach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "cailleacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "caillí",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cailleach f (genitive singular caillí, nominative plural cailleacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "caillí",
        "3": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "cailleach f (genitive singular caillí, nominative plural cailleacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c",
        "2": "ailleach",
        "3": "aillí",
        "dat": "ailligh",
        "datoc": "a"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-f2"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "nun"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-5m-eZES0",
      "links": [
        [
          "nun",
          "nun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) nun"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cailleach dhubh"
        },
        {
          "word": "cailleach Mhuire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 22 22 22 2 1 5 0 0 3 5 0 2 8 9 0 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "ga:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 7:",
          "text": "Macha the Owl Witch",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman, hag; midwife",
        "witch"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-tQETXoEE",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "hag",
          "hag"
        ],
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 0 1 21 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 16 18 1 0 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 0 1 26 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 14 23 1 0 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 2 48 3 1 1 3 0 2 12 4 0 7 5 9 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 22 22 22 2 1 5 0 0 3 5 0 2 8 9 0 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "ga:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 7 29 7 2 3 4 1 5 12 8 1 5 1 9 4 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Occult",
          "orig": "ga:Occult",
          "parents": [
            "Forteana",
            "Supernatural",
            "Pseudoscience",
            "Folklore",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 55 4 2 1 2 1 2 9 2 1 8 2 4 1 1",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Jawless fish",
          "orig": "ga:Jawless fish",
          "parents": [
            "Fish",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman, hag; midwife",
        "old dear"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-uIgZixGR",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "hag",
          "hag"
        ],
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "old dear",
          "old dear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "old woman, hag; midwife",
        "(informal, usually derogatory) old dear"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 22 22 22 2 1 5 0 0 3 5 0 2 8 9 0 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "ga:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman, hag; midwife",
        "old girl"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-iizMC68C",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "hag",
          "hag"
        ],
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "old girl",
          "old girl"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "old woman, hag; midwife",
        "(informal, also offensive, derogatory) old girl"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "offensive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "precocious girl"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-ro1lSYr8",
      "links": [
        [
          "precocious",
          "precocious"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "bag, bat, bitch, cat, cow, dog, jade, shrew"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-FbeMEsUb",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "bag",
          "bag"
        ],
        [
          "bat",
          "bat"
        ],
        [
          "bitch",
          "bitch"
        ],
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ],
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "dog",
          "dog"
        ],
        [
          "jade",
          "jade"
        ],
        [
          "shrew",
          "shrew"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, offensive, derogatory) bag, bat, bitch, cat, cow, dog, jade, shrew"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "offensive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spineless fellow, coward"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-1~26fTO3",
      "links": [
        [
          "spineless",
          "spineless"
        ],
        [
          "coward",
          "coward"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "contemptuously",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of man)",
        "(contemptuously) spineless fellow, coward"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of man"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cailleach fir"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lad!"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-Yw184wgK",
      "links": [
        [
          "lad",
          "lad"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "facetiously",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of man)",
        "(facetiously, in direct address) lad!"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in direct address",
        "of man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spent, shrivelled, thing"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-DiAxEknB",
      "links": [
        [
          "spent",
          "spent"
        ],
        [
          "shrivel",
          "shrivel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stump; obstructing object"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-Z22iuGJB",
      "links": [
        [
          "stump",
          "stump"
        ],
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "truss, bundle (of straw, wrack)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-t4NnXeTX",
      "links": [
        [
          "truss",
          "truss"
        ],
        [
          "bundle",
          "bundle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stone weight (on rope, net)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-s88yODtC",
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "recess for bed; alcove; (familiar) snuggery"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-CJUsb1wy",
      "links": [
        [
          "recess",
          "recess"
        ],
        [
          "alcove",
          "alcove"
        ],
        [
          "snuggery",
          "snuggery"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cailleach shúgáin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rainmaker"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-c53kN6Ac",
      "links": [
        [
          "rainmaker",
          "rainmaker"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scold"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-t4Gp6TOn",
      "links": [
        [
          "scold",
          "scold"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Architecture",
          "orig": "ga:Architecture",
          "parents": [
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "outshot; return"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-DqOzLKMY",
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "outshot",
          "outshot"
        ],
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) outshot; return"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hagfish, borer"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-igg0HClg",
      "links": [
        [
          "hagfish",
          "hagfish"
        ],
        [
          "borer",
          "borer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈlʲax/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal̠ʲəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal̠ʲa(h)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cailleach"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Female people",
    "ga:Jawless fish",
    "ga:Occult",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Female",
    "gd:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "lady in the veil (type of mushroom)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beacán na caillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "pert hussy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach an ghiodail"
    },
    {
      "english": "alarmist; scaremonger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach an uafáis"
    },
    {
      "english": "protruding object in ground",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach bhasctha"
    },
    {
      "english": "bee orchid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach bheag"
    },
    {
      "english": "larger spotted dog-fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach bhreac"
    },
    {
      "english": "spotted orchid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach bhréagach"
    },
    {
      "english": "white witch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach chneasta"
    },
    {
      "english": "wood-louse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach chrainn"
    },
    {
      "english": "oak stump",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach dharach"
    },
    {
      "english": "common poppy; corn poppy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach dhearg"
    },
    {
      "english": "nun; cormorant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach dhubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "sorceress, witch; wise woman, fortune-teller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach feasa"
    },
    {
      "english": "long-headed poppy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach fhada"
    },
    {
      "english": "early purple orchid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach fhuar"
    },
    {
      "english": "pantomime dame",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach gheamaireachta"
    },
    {
      "english": "pine stump",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach ghiúise"
    },
    {
      "english": "tapeworm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach ghoile"
    },
    {
      "english": "nun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach Mhuire"
    },
    {
      "english": "old woman in the chimney-corner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach na clúide"
    },
    {
      "english": "hag, witch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach na gcearc"
    },
    {
      "english": "sit-by-the-fire; cinderella",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach na luatha buí"
    },
    {
      "english": "cricket; sit-by-the-fire; cinderella",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach na luatha"
    },
    {
      "english": "lying hussy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach na mbréag"
    },
    {
      "english": "owl; death watch beetle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach oíche"
    },
    {
      "english": "sorceress, charm-worker",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach phiseogach"
    },
    {
      "english": "shrivelled potato; old seed-potato",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach phráta"
    },
    {
      "english": "loach",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach rua"
    },
    {
      "english": "haggishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleachas"
    },
    {
      "english": "haggish; womanish",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "cailleachúil"
    },
    {
      "english": "protracted sleep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "codladh na Caillí Béarra"
    },
    {
      "english": "old wives’ tales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comhrá cailleach"
    },
    {
      "english": "polyporus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feoil na caillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "hag, witch; unruly woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fia-chailleach"
    },
    {
      "english": "witch's broom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galar scuab na caillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "northern rock-cress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gas caillí Artach"
    },
    {
      "english": "fringed rock-cress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gas caillí duimhche"
    },
    {
      "english": "hairy rock-cress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gas caillí giobach"
    },
    {
      "english": "witch's hat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hata caillí"
    },
    {
      "word": "leigheas caillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "old woman's remedy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leigheas na caillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "mermaid's glove",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "méara na caillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "pampered child, no-good person; an old woman’s pet",
      "tags": [
        "literally",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peata caillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "crone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ruacán caillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "disagreeable hag",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samhairle caillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "witch's broomstick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scuab caillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "witch, hag",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seanchailleach"
    },
    {
      "english": "spinal marrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smior chailleach"
    },
    {
      "english": "granny knot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "snaidhm chaillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "egg-case of skate; mermaid's purse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sparán na caillí mairbhe"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "la",
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      "form": "caillí",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chailleacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caillí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailligh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cailleacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na caillí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcailligh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chailleach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chailligh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cailleacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chailleach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcailleach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "4": "caillí",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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      "expansion": "cailleach f (genitive singular caillí, nominative plural cailleacha)",
      "name": "head"
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      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nun",
          "nun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) nun"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "cailleach dhubh"
        },
        {
          "word": "cailleach Mhuire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "ref": "2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 7:",
          "text": "Macha the Owl Witch",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman, hag; midwife",
        "witch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "hag",
          "hag"
        ],
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish derogatory terms",
        "Irish informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman, hag; midwife",
        "old dear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "hag",
          "hag"
        ],
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "old dear",
          "old dear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "old woman, hag; midwife",
        "(informal, usually derogatory) old dear"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish derogatory terms",
        "Irish informal terms",
        "Irish offensive terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman, hag; midwife",
        "old girl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "hag",
          "hag"
        ],
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "old girl",
          "old girl"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "old woman, hag; midwife",
        "(informal, also offensive, derogatory) old girl"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "offensive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "precocious girl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "precocious",
          "precocious"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish derogatory terms",
        "Irish informal terms",
        "Irish offensive terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bag, bat, bitch, cat, cow, dog, jade, shrew"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "bag",
          "bag"
        ],
        [
          "bat",
          "bat"
        ],
        [
          "bitch",
          "bitch"
        ],
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ],
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "dog",
          "dog"
        ],
        [
          "jade",
          "jade"
        ],
        [
          "shrew",
          "shrew"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, offensive, derogatory) bag, bat, bitch, cat, cow, dog, jade, shrew"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "offensive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spineless fellow, coward"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spineless",
          "spineless"
        ],
        [
          "coward",
          "coward"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "contemptuously",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of man)",
        "(contemptuously) spineless fellow, coward"
      ],
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        "of man"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cailleach fir"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lad!"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lad",
          "lad"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "facetiously",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of man)",
        "(facetiously, in direct address) lad!"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in direct address",
        "of man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spent, shrivelled, thing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spent",
          "spent"
        ],
        [
          "shrivel",
          "shrivel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stump; obstructing object"
      ],
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        [
          "stump",
          "stump"
        ],
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "truss, bundle (of straw, wrack)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "truss",
          "truss"
        ],
        [
          "bundle",
          "bundle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stone weight (on rope, net)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish familiar terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "recess for bed; alcove; (familiar) snuggery"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "recess",
          "recess"
        ],
        [
          "alcove",
          "alcove"
        ],
        [
          "snuggery",
          "snuggery"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cailleach shúgáin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rainmaker"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rainmaker",
          "rainmaker"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scold"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scold",
          "scold"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Architecture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "outshot; return"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "outshot",
          "outshot"
        ],
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) outshot; return"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hagfish, borer"
      ],
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        [
          "hagfish",
          "hagfish"
        ],
        [
          "borer",
          "borer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈlʲax/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal̠ʲəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal̠ʲa(h)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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