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Irish
Etymology 1
From caiseal (“castle, rook”) + -igh (verbal suffix).
Verb
caisligh (present analytic caislíonn, future analytic caisleoidh, verbal noun caisliú, past participle caislithe)
- (transitive, chess) castle
Etymology 2
Verb
caisligh (present analytic caislíonn, future analytic caisleoidh, verbal noun caisliú, past participle caislithe)
- (transitive) Alternative form of caisnigh (“frizz, curl”)
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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caislím
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caislíonn tú; caislír†
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caislíonn sé, sí
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caislímid; caislíonn muid
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caislíonn sibh
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caislíonn siad; caislíd†
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a chaislíonn; a chaislíos / a gcaislíonn*
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caislítear
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past
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chaisligh mé; chaislíos
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chaisligh tú; chaislís
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chaisligh sé, sí
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chaislíomar; chaisligh muid
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chaisligh sibh; chaislíobhair
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chaisligh siad; chaislíodar
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a chaisligh / ar chaisligh*
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caislíodh
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past habitual
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chaislínn / gcaislínn‡‡
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chaislíteá / gcaislíteᇇ
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chaislíodh sé, sí / gcaislíodh sé, s퇇
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chaislímis; chaislíodh muid / gcaislímis‡‡; gcaislíodh muid‡‡
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chaislíodh sibh / gcaislíodh sibh‡‡
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chaislídís; chaislíodh siad / gcaislídís‡‡; gcaislíodh siad‡‡
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a chaislíodh / a gcaislíodh*
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chaislítí / gcaislít퇇
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future
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caisleoidh mé; caisleod; caisleochaidh mé†
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caisleoidh tú; caisleoir†; caisleochaidh tú†
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caisleoidh sé, sí; caisleochaidh sé, sí†
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caisleoimid; caisleoidh muid; caisleochaimid†; caisleochaidh muid†
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caisleoidh sibh; caisleochaidh sibh†
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caisleoidh siad; caisleoid†; caisleochaidh siad†
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a chaisleoidh; a chaisleos; a chaisleochaidh†; a chaisleochas† / a gcaisleoidh*; a gcaisleochaidh*†
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caisleofar; caisleochar†
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conditional
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chaisleoinn; chaisleochainn† / gcaisleoinn‡‡; gcaisleochainn†‡‡
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chaisleofá; chaisleochthᆠ/ gcaisleofᇇ; gcaisleochthᆇ‡
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chaisleodh sé, sí; chaisleochadh sé, sí† / gcaisleodh sé, s퇇; gcaisleochadh sé, s톇‡
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chaisleoimis; chaisleodh muid; chaisleochaimis†; chaisleochadh muid† / gcaisleoimis‡‡; gcaisleodh muid‡‡; gcaisleochaimis†‡‡; gcaisleochadh muid†‡‡
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chaisleodh sibh; chaisleochadh sibh† / gcaisleodh sibh‡‡; gcaisleochadh sibh†‡‡
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chaisleoidís; chaisleodh siad; chaisleochadh siad† / gcaisleoidís‡‡; gcaisleodh siad‡‡; gcaisleochadh siad†‡‡
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a chaisleodh; a chaisleochadh† / a gcaisleodh*; a gcaisleochadh*†
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chaisleofaí; chaisleochthaí† / gcaisleofa퇇; gcaisleochtha톇‡
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subjunctive
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present
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go gcaislí mé; go gcaislíod†
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go gcaislí tú; go gcaislír†
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go gcaislí sé, sí
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go gcaislímid; go gcaislí muid
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go gcaislí sibh
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go gcaislí siad; go gcaislíd†
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—
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go gcaislítear
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past
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dá gcaislínn
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dá gcaislíteá
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dá gcaislíodh sé, sí
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dá gcaislímis; dá gcaislíodh muid
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dá gcaislíodh sibh
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dá gcaislídís; dá gcaislíodh siad
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—
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dá gcaislítí
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imperative
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caislím
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caisligh
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caislíodh sé, sí
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caislímis
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caislígí; caislídh†
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caislídís
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caislítear
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verbal noun
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caisliú
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past participle
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caislithe
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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