caghlaa

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish clóemchloid (“to change, die”) and its many variants, all from Old Irish con·imchloí (“to change”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic caochail and Irish claochlaigh.

Verb

caghlaa (past participle caghlaait, verbal noun caghlaa)

1. change, mutate
2. interpret
3. rotate, switch

Derived terms

• caghlaaid
• caghlaays
• neuchaghlaa
• neuchaghlaagh
• so-caghlaa
• so-chaghlaa

 

Noun

caghlaa m (genitive singular caghlaaee, plural caghlaaghyn)

1. verbal noun of caghlaa
2. alteration, substitution, variation
3. (weather) break

Derived terms

• caghlaaid
• caghlaays
• neuchaghlaa
• neuchaghlaagh

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caghlaa	chaghlaa	gaghlaa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.