Irish

Noun

cailc f ‎(genitive singular cailce, nominative plural cailceanna)

1. chalk

Declension

Derived terms

• cailc-chlár, clár cailc ‎(“chalkboard”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

cailc f ‎(genitive singular cailce, no plural)

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

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)