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caill
caill
Irish
Verb
caill (present analytic cailleann, future analytic caillfidh, verbal noun cailleadh, past participle caillte)
- lose
- (euphemistic) die (in autonomous forms)
- Cailleadh sa chogadh é. ― “He died in the war” (literally “He was lost in the war”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | caillim | cailleann tú; caillir† |
cailleann sé, sí | caillimid | cailleann sibh | cailleann siad; caillid† |
a chailleann; a chailleas / a gcailleann*; a gcailleas* |
cailltear |
| past | chaill mé; chailleas | chaill tú; chaillis | chaill sé, sí | chailleamar; chaill muid | chaill sibh; chailleabhair | chaill siad; chailleadar | a chaill / ar chaill* |
cailleadh | |
| past habitual | chaillinn | chaillteá | chailleadh sé, sí | chaillimis; chailleadh muid | chailleadh sibh | chaillidís; chailleadh siad | a chailleadh / ar chailleadh* |
chailltí | |
| future | caillfidh mé; caillfead |
caillfidh tú; caillfir† |
caillfidh sé, sí | caillfimid; caillfidh muid |
caillfidh sibh | caillfidh siad; caillfid† |
a chaillfidh; a chaillfeas / a gcaillfidh*; a gcaillfeas* |
caillfear | |
| conditional | chaillfinn | chaillfeá | chaillfeadh sé, sí | chaillfimis; chaillfeadh muid | chaillfeadh sibh | chaillfidís; chaillfeadh siad | a chaillfeadh / ar chaillfeadh* |
chaillfí | |
| subjunctive | present | go gcaille mé; go gcaillead† |
go gcaille tú; go gcaillir† |
go gcaille sé, sí | go gcaillimid; go gcaille muid |
go gcaille sibh | go gcaille siad; go gcaillid† |
— | go gcailltear |
| past | dá gcaillinn | dá gcaillteá | dá gcailleadh sé, sí | dá gcaillimis; dá gcailleadh muid |
dá gcailleadh sibh | dá gcaillidís; dá gcailleadh siad |
— | dá gcailltí | |
| imperative | caillim | caill | cailleadh sé, sí | caillimis | cailligí; caillidh† |
caillidís | — | cailltear | |
| verbal noun | cailleadh | ||||||||
| past participle | caillte | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caill | chaill | gcaill |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Irish
Noun
caill f (genitive caille)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| caill | chaill | caill pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰaiʎ/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish coillid (“destroys”), from coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kold- (“strike, cut”).
Verb
caill (past chaill, future caillidh, verbal noun call, past participle caillte)
Etymology 2
Noun
caill m