cailech

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kalyākos, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“call”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalʲex/

Noun

cailech m (genitive cailig, nominative plural cailig)

1. rooster

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cailech	cailechL	cailigL
Vocative	cailig	cailechL	cailechuH
Accusative	cailechN	cailechL	cailechuH
Genitive	cailigL	cailech	cailechN
Dative	cailechL	cailechaib	cailechaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: coileach
• Manx: kellagh
• Scottish Gaelic: coileach

Mutation

Mutation of cailech

radical	lenition	nasalization
cailech	chailech	cailech pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language