cailc

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kalʲc/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /kælʲc/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cailc (“limestone, lime”)[2], from Latin calx (“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
Declension of cailc

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cailc cailceanna
Vocative a chailc a chailceanna
Genitive cailce cailceanna
Dative cailc cailceanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chailc na cailceanna
Genitive na cailce na gcailceanna
Dative leis an gcailc

don chailc

 leis na cailceanna
Derived terms

Further reading
  • Entries containing “cailc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “cailc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cailc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 84
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cailc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “cailc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.