caolach

Irish

Alternative forms

• caolbhach

Etymology

From Middle Irish cáelach. By surface analysis, caol (“slender”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

caolach m (genitive singular caolaigh)

1. (collective) wickers, twigs, saplings
2. wickerwork
3. wattle (construction of branches and twigs), wattlework

Declension

Declension of caolach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative caolach Vocative a chaolaigh Genitive caolaigh Dative caolach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an caolach Genitive an chaolaigh Dative leis an gcaolach don chaolach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caolach	chaolach	gcaolach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caolaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 115
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caolach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN