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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈxlɛː/

Verb

caghlaa (past chaghlaa, verbal noun caghlaa, past participle caghlaait)

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.