caghlaa

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish clóemchloid (to change, die) and its many variants, all from Old Irish con·imchloí (to change). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic caochail and Irish claochlaigh.

Verb

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caghlaa (past participle caghlaait, verbal noun caghlaa)

  1. change, mutate
  2. interpret
  3. rotate, switch

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Noun

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caghlaa m (genitive singular caghlaaee, plural caghlaaghyn)

  1. verbal noun of caghlaa
  2. alteration, substitution, variation
  3. (weather) break

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caghlaa chaghlaa gaghlaa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.