cailín tí

Irish

Noun

cailín tí m (genitive singular cailín tí, nominative plural cailíní tí)

1. housemaid, housegirl

   Synonym: cailín aimsire

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cailín tí	chailín tí	gcailín tí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cailín tí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cailín tí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cailín tí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024