caillte

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Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

caillte

  1. lost
  2. (euphemistic) dead

Participle

caillte

  1. past participle of caill

Noun

caillte

  1. genitive of cailleadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of caillte
radical lenition eclipsis
caillte chaillte gcaillte

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From caill +‎ -te.

Pronunciation

Adjective

caillte

  1. lost
  2. undone

Verb

caillte

  1. past participle of caill

Mutation

Mutation of caillte
radical lenition
caillte chaillte

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