cáelach

Middle Irish

Etymology

Old Irish cáel +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (earlier) /ˈkɤːləx/, (later) /ˈkɯːləx/

Noun

cáelach n

1. twigs, wattles
2. rope

Descendants

• Irish: caolach

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cáelach	cháelach	cáelach pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáelach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language