cailc

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalʲc/^[1]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kælʲc/^[2]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cailc (“limestone, lime”),^[3] from Latin calx (“limestone”), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Noun

cailc f (genitive singular cailce, nominative plural cailceanna)

1. chalk
2. pipeclay
3. chalked mark, limit

Declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cailc cailceanna Vocative a chailc a chailceanna Genitive cailce cailceanna Dative cailc cailceanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chailc na cailceanna Genitive na cailce na gcailceanna Dative leis an gcailc don chailc leis na cailceanna

Declension of cailc

Second declension

Derived terms

• cailc fhrancach
• cailc tháilliúra (“tailor's chalk”)
• cailc-
• cailc-chlár
• calcmhar
• clár cailc

 

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cailc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cailc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cailc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cailc m

1. vocative/genitive singular of calc (“dense mass”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cailc	chailc	gcailc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 217, page 111
2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 229, page 84
3. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cailc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cailc, from Latin calx (compare Welsh calch), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰalçc/

Noun

cailc f (genitive singular cailce, no plural)

1. chalk
2. lime, calx
3. shield, buckler

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cailc	chailc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cailc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC