cailleach dhubh

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Irish

Noun

cailleach dhubh f (genitive singular caillí duibhe, nominative plural cailleacha dubha)

  1. (historical) nun
  2. cormorant

Declension

Declension of cailleach dhubh (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cailleach dhubh cailleacha dubha
vocative a chailleach dhubh a chailleacha dubha
genitive caillí duibhe cailleach dubh
dative cailleach dhubh
cailligh dhuibh (archaic, dialectal)
cailleacha dubha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chailleach dhubh na cailleacha dubha
genitive na caillí duibhe na gcailleach dubh
dative leis an gcailleach dhubh
leis an gcailligh dhuibh (archaic, dialectal)

don chailleach dhubh
don chailligh dhuibh (archaic, dialectal)
leis na cailleacha dubha

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cailleach dhubh
radical lenition eclipsis
cailleach dhubh chailleach dhubh gcailleach dhubh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cailleach dhubh f (genitive singular caillich dhuibhe, plural caillich dhuibhe)

  1. Alternative form of cailleach-dhubh (nun)