caillech

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From caille (“veil”) +‎ -ach. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.l̠ʲəx/ (Blasse) [ˈka.l̠ʲex] (Griffith) [ˈka.l̠ʲəx] === Noun === caillech f (genitive caillige, nominative plural caillecha) nun old woman ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: cailleach Manx: caillagh Scottish Gaelic: cailleach→ Scots: cailleach→ English: cailleach, Cailleach === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caillech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language