cailleach rua

Irish

Noun

cailleach rua f (genitive singular caillí rua, nominative plural cailleacha rua)

1. loach

Declension

Declension of cailleach rua

Second declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cailleach rua cailleacha rua Vocative a chailleach rua a chailleacha rua Genitive caillí rua cailleach rua Dative cailleach rua cailligh rua (archaic, dialectal) cailleacha rua

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an chailleach rua na cailleacha rua Genitive na caillí rua na gcailleach rua Dative leis an gcailleach rua leis an gcailligh rua (archaic, dialectal) don chailleach rua don chailligh rua (archaic, dialectal) leis na cailleacha rua

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cailleach rua	chailleach rua	gcailleach rua
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cailleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cailleach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cailleach rua”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024