"cailleach" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See cailleach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʰaʎəx/ Forms: cailliche [genitive, singular], cailleachan [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cailleach [error-unrecognized-form], chailleach [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Old Irish caillech, from caille (“veil”) + -ach. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|caillech}} Old Irish caillech Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|cailliche|||||||plural|cailleachan||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} cailleach f (genitive singular cailliche, plural cailleachan), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=cailliche|pl=cailleachan}} cailleach f (genitive singular cailliche, plural cailleachan)
  1. old woman, old wife
    (can be derogatory) old dear, biddy
    Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-gd-noun-6qVGmWfu Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic 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 Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 83 8 1 8
  2. old woman, old wife
    hag, crone
    Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Female, People
    Sense id: en-cailleach-gd-noun-Y2msdp5O Disambiguation of Female: 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of People: 27 48 0 25
  3. woman, wife Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-gd-noun-hFVeBFIQ
  4. cowl (on a chimney) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-gd-noun-xGdbFCd5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bodach
Derived forms: cailleach bheag an earbaill (english: long-tailed tit) [feminine], cailleach-baic (english: in cutting peats, the outside peat in a bank) [feminine], cailleach-bhàn (english: snowy owl) [feminine], cailleach-chasach (english: cheslip; millipede) [feminine], cailleach-cheann-dubh (english: cole titmouse, cole; black cap) [feminine], cailleach-chòsach (english: cheslip) [feminine], cailleach-dhubh (english: nun; European shag, common shag) [feminine], cailleach-fhasgnaidh (english: corn fanner) [feminine], cailleach-fhraoich (english: a large sheaf of heather tied tightly together with ropes of the same material, used as a door to a sheep cot or similar building) [feminine], cailleach-oidhche gheal, cailleach-bhàn (english: white owl) [feminine], cailleach-oidhche-mhòr (english: eagle owl) [feminine], cailleach-oidhche (english: common owl; tawny owl; spiritless fellow; butterfly) [feminine], cailleach-spuinge (english: touchwood, soft tinder) [feminine], cailleach-uisge (english: water-woman, water-carlin; diseased potato containing only water) [feminine], Cailleach (english: the week in spring after; Gearran”, i.e. from 12th to 18th April”) [feminine], cìochan nan cailleach marbha (english: foxglove) [masculine]

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "long-tailed tit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach bheag an earbaill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "in cutting peats, the outside peat in a bank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-baic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "snowy owl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-bhàn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "cheslip; millipede",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-chasach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "cole titmouse, cole; black cap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-cheann-dubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "cheslip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-chòsach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "nun; European shag, common shag",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-dhubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "corn fanner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-fhasgnaidh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a large sheaf of heather tied tightly together with ropes of the same material, used as a door to a sheep cot or similar building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-fhraoich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cailleach-oidhche gheal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "white owl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-bhàn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "eagle owl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-oidhche-mhòr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "common owl; tawny owl; spiritless fellow; butterfly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-oidhche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "touchwood, soft tinder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-spuinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "water-woman, water-carlin; diseased potato containing only water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-uisge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the week in spring after; Gearran”, i.e. from 12th to 18th April”",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Cailleach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "foxglove",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cìochan nan cailleach marbha"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "cailliche",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleachan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chailleach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
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        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "19": "",
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        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
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        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
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        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    }
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          "old wife"
        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "old dear",
          "old dear"
        ],
        [
          "biddy",
          "biddy"
        ]
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        "old woman, old wife",
        "(can be derogatory) old dear, biddy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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          "_dis": "0 100 0 0",
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          "langcode": "gd",
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          "parents": [
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            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "27 48 0 25",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
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          "orig": "gd:People",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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        "old woman, old wife",
        "hag, crone"
      ],
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          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ],
        [
          "old wife",
          "old wife"
        ],
        [
          "hag",
          "hag"
        ],
        [
          "crone",
          "crone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "woman, wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-gd-noun-hFVeBFIQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cowl (on a chimney)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-gd-noun-xGdbFCd5",
      "links": [
        [
          "cowl",
          "cowl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰaʎəx/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cailleach"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Female",
    "gd:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "long-tailed tit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach bheag an earbaill"
    },
    {
      "english": "in cutting peats, the outside peat in a bank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-baic"
    },
    {
      "english": "snowy owl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-bhàn"
    },
    {
      "english": "cheslip; millipede",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-chasach"
    },
    {
      "english": "cole titmouse, cole; black cap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-cheann-dubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "cheslip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-chòsach"
    },
    {
      "english": "nun; European shag, common shag",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-dhubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "corn fanner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-fhasgnaidh"
    },
    {
      "english": "a large sheaf of heather tied tightly together with ropes of the same material, used as a door to a sheep cot or similar building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-fhraoich"
    },
    {
      "word": "cailleach-oidhche gheal"
    },
    {
      "english": "white owl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-bhàn"
    },
    {
      "english": "eagle owl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-oidhche-mhòr"
    },
    {
      "english": "common owl; tawny owl; spiritless fellow; butterfly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-oidhche"
    },
    {
      "english": "touchwood, soft tinder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-spuinge"
    },
    {
      "english": "water-woman, water-carlin; diseased potato containing only water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailleach-uisge"
    },
    {
      "english": "the week in spring after; Gearran”, i.e. from 12th to 18th April”",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Cailleach"
    },
    {
      "english": "foxglove",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cìochan nan cailleach marbha"
    }
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleachan",
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      "form": "l-self",
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      ],
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          "cowl",
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        ]
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰaʎəx/"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for cailleach meaning in Scottish Gaelic (4.3kB)

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