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{
"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": "sga",
"2": "caille",
"t": "veil"
},
"expansion": "caille (“veil”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "-ach",
"3": "-ech"
},
"expansion": "-ech",
"name": "m"
},
{
"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 2 2 0 0 6 5 0 2 7 8 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",
"witch"
],
"id": "en-cailleach-ga-noun-tQETXoEE",
"links": [
[
"old woman",
"old woman"
],
[
"hag",
"hag"
],
[
"midwife",
"midwife"
],
[
"witch",
"witch"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 2 41 3 1 1 1 0 2 11 3 0 6 5 9 1 13",
"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 2 2 0 0 6 5 0 2 7 8 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 8 22 8 2 4 2 1 5 11 8 1 4 1 10 4 9",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "ga",
"name": "Occult",
"orig": "ga:Occult",
"parents": [
"Forteana",
"Religion",
"Pseudoscience",
"Culture",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 3 38 5 2 2 2 1 2 8 2 1 6 2 5 2 18",
"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 2 2 0 0 6 5 0 2 7 8 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",
"Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"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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{
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"2": "sga",
"3": "caillech",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "caille",
"t": "veil"
},
"expansion": "caille (“veil”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
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},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "la",
"3": "pallium"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"form": "caillí",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cailleacha",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
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},
{
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"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"
]
}
],
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{
"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"
}
],
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{
"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": [
"Irish terms with historical senses"
],
"glosses": [
"nun"
],
"links": [
[
"nun",
"nun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) nun"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cailleach dhubh"
},
{
"word": "cailleach Mhuire"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"historical"
]
},
{
"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"
]
],
"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"
],
"raw_tags": [
"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"
],
"links": [
[
"stump",
"stump"
],
[
"obstruct",
"obstruct"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"truss, bundle (of straw, wrack)"
],
"links": [
[
"truss",
"truss"
],
[
"bundle",
"bundle"
]
],
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"stone weight (on rope, net)"
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"stone"
],
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"weight",
"weight"
]
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"feminine"
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"recess for bed; alcove; (familiar) snuggery"
],
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"recess"
],
[
"alcove",
"alcove"
],
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"word": "cailleach shúgáin"
}
],
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"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"rainmaker"
],
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[
"rainmaker",
"rainmaker"
]
],
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"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"scold"
],
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"scold"
]
],
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"feminine"
]
},
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"ga:Architecture"
],
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"outshot; return"
],
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"architecture",
"architecture"
],
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"outshot",
"outshot"
],
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"return",
"return"
]
],
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"(architecture) outshot; return"
],
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"feminine"
],
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"architecture"
]
},
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],
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"hagfish",
"hagfish"
],
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"borer",
"borer"
]
],
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"feminine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/kəˈlʲax/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkal̠ʲəx/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈkal̠ʲa(h)/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
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}
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