gadaiche

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gataige (“a thief”).

Noun

gadaiche m (genitive singular gadaiche, plural gadaichean)

1. thief, robber

   Synonym: mèirleach

Derived terms

• frìth-ghadaiche
• gadaiche-taighe

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
gadaiche	ghadaiche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gataige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language