cailc

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalʲc/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /kælʲc/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cailc (limestone, lime), from Latin calx, calcis (limestone), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, pebble).

Noun

cailc f (genitive singular cailce, nominative plural cailceanna)

  1. chalk
  2. pipeclay
  3. chalked mark, limit
Declension
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cailc m

  1. vocative/genitive singular of calc (dense mass)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cailc chailc gcailc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cailc, from Latin calx (compare Welsh calch), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, pebble).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰalçc/

Noun

cailc f (genitive singular cailce, no plural)

  1. chalk
  2. lime, calx
  3. shield, buckler

Mutation

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), cailc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)
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