Irish

Noun

caile m, f ‎(genitive singular caile, nominative plural cailí)

1. girl, wench

Declension

Derived terms

• caile daibhche ‎(“washerwoman”)
• cailín ‎(“girl; young unmarried woman; maid”)

Mutation

References

• "caile" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 caile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Noun

caile ?

1. serving-girl, maid

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: caile
• Scottish Gaelic: caile

Mutation

References

• “1 caile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish caile ‎(“serving-girl, maid”).

Noun

caile f ‎(genitive singular caile, plural cailean)

1. vulgar girl, quean, hussy
2. strumpet
3. (Argyll, Perthshire) any young girl
4. maidservant who does more or less other work than housework

Synonyms

• (maidservant who does more or less other work than housework): caile-shearbhanta

Derived terms

• caile-bhalach f ‎(“romp, tomboy”)
• caile-circein f ‎(“shuttlecock”)

Related terms

• caileag
• nighean
• gruagach
• ainnir

Etymology 2

Noun

caile f

1. capacity

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “1 caile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.