cailleach dhubh

Irish

Noun

cailleach dhubh f (genitive singular caillí duibhe, nominative plural cailleacha dubha)

1. (historical) nun
2. cormorant

Declension

Declension of cailleach dhubh

Second declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cailleach dhubh cailleacha dubha Vocative a chailleach dhubh a chailleacha dubha Genitive caillí duibhe cailleach dubh Dative cailleach dhubh cailligh dhuibh (archaic, dialectal) cailleacha dubha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an chailleach dhubh na cailleacha dubha Genitive na caillí duibhe na gcailleach dubh Dative leis an gcailleach dhubh leis an gcailligh dhuibh (archaic, dialectal) don chailleach dhubh don chailligh dhuibh (archaic, dialectal) leis na cailleacha dubha

Synonyms

• (nun): cailleach, cailleach Mhuire
• (cormorant): broigheall, fiach mara, duibhéan

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cailleach dhubh	chailleach dhubh	gcailleach dhubh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cailleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cailleach dhubh f (genitive singular caillich dhuibhe, plural caillich dhuibhe)

1. Alternative form of cailleach-dhubh (“nun”)