"cailleach" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʰaʎəx/ Forms: cailliche [genitive, singular], cailleachan [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cailleach [mutation, mutation-radical], chailleach [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From Old Irish caillech, from caille (“veil”) + -ach. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|caillech}} Old Irish caillech, {{m|sga|caille|t=veil}} caille (“veil”), {{m|sga|-ach}} -ach 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) Inflection templates: {{gd-mut-cons|c|ailleach}}
  1. old woman Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-gd-noun-m7ggBMhg
  2. woman, wife Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-gd-noun-hFVeBFIQ
  3. hag, crone Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Female, People
    Sense id: en-cailleach-gd-noun-J56r0eEa Disambiguation of Female: 4 1 89 5 Disambiguation of People: 7 0 61 32
  4. cowl (on a chimney) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cailleach-gd-noun-xGdbFCd5 Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 19 6 23 52
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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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_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"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "caillech"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish caillech",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "caille",
        "t": "veil"
      },
      "expansion": "caille (“veil”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "-ach"
      },
      "expansion": "-ach",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish caillech, from caille (“veil”) + -ach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cailliche",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleachan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chailleach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "cailliche",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "cailleachan",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "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": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cailleach f (genitive singular cailliche, plural cailleachan)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gen": "cailliche",
        "pl": "cailleachan"
      },
      "expansion": "cailleach f (genitive singular cailliche, plural cailleachan)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c",
        "2": "ailleach"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bodach"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "old woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-gd-noun-m7ggBMhg",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "woman, wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-gd-noun-hFVeBFIQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 1 89 5",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Female",
          "orig": "gd:Female",
          "parents": [
            "Gender",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 0 61 32",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "gd:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hag, crone"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-gd-noun-J56r0eEa",
      "links": [
        [
          "hag",
          "hag"
        ],
        [
          "crone",
          "crone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 6 23 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cowl (on a chimney)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailleach-gd-noun-xGdbFCd5",
      "links": [
        [
          "cowl",
          "cowl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰaʎəx/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cailleach"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "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",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "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"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "caillech"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish caillech",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "caille",
        "t": "veil"
      },
      "expansion": "caille (“veil”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "-ach"
      },
      "expansion": "-ach",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish caillech, from caille (“veil”) + -ach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cailliche",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleachan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailleach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chailleach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "cailliche",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "cailleachan",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "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": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cailleach f (genitive singular cailliche, plural cailleachan)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gen": "cailliche",
        "pl": "cailleachan"
      },
      "expansion": "cailleach f (genitive singular cailliche, plural cailleachan)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c",
        "2": "ailleach"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bodach"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "old woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "woman, wife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hag, crone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hag",
          "hag"
        ],
        [
          "crone",
          "crone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cowl (on a chimney)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cowl",
          "cowl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰaʎəx/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cailleach"
}

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