/kailʲ/, /kɑːl̠ʲ/, /kal̠ʲ/
OriginFrom Old Irish coillid (“destroys”), from coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldom (compare Welsh coll (“defect, loss”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-d- (“strike, cut”) (compare Old English healtian (“limp”)).
- lose
- euphemisticdie
“Cailleadh sa chogadh é” — He died in the war (literally “He was lost in the war”)
- vocative/genitive singular of call
Formscailleann(analytic, present) · caillfidh(analytic, future) · cailleadh(noun-from-verb) · caillte(participle, past) · caillim(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · cailleann tú(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · caillir(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · cailleann sé(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · sí(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · caillimid(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · cailleann muid(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · cailleann sibh(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · cailleann siad(indicative, plural, present, third-person) · caillid(indicative, plural, present, third-person) · a chailleann(error-unrecognized-form, present) · a chailleas(error-unrecognized-form, present) · cailltear(autonomous, present) · chaill mé(first-person, indicative, past, singular) · chailleas(first-person, indicative, past, singular) · chaill tú(indicative, past, second-person, singular)
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