Definify.com

Definition 2024


cailín

cailín

Irish

Noun

cailín m (genitive singular cailín, nominative plural cailíní)

  1. girl; young, unmarried woman
  2. girlfriend
  3. Female servant, maid
  4. useful thing (referring to a feminine noun)
    Is í an druil an cailín chun na hoibre.
    The drill is the right tool for the job.

Usage notes

This noun is masculine because of the suffix -ín. Nevertheless, the feminine pronouns and í are used for the referent.

Declension

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cailín chailín gcailín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References