cailleach rua

Irish

Noun

cailleach rua f (genitive singular caillí rua, nominative plural cailleacha rua)

  1. loach

Declension

Declension of cailleach rua (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cailleach rua cailleacha rua
vocative a chailleach rua a chailleacha rua
genitive caillí rua cailleach rua
dative cailleach rua
cailligh rua (archaic, dialectal)
cailleacha rua
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chailleach rua na cailleacha rua
genitive na caillí rua na gcailleach rua
dative leis an gcailleach rua
leis an gcailligh rua (archaic, dialectal)

don chailleach rua
don chailligh rua (archaic, dialectal)
leis na cailleacha rua

Mutation

Mutated forms of cailleach rua
radical lenition eclipsis
cailleach rua chailleach rua gcailleach rua

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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