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cailc.

chalk

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/kalʲc/Ulster/kælʲc/Ulster
  1. chalk

    feminine
  2. pipeclay

    feminine
  3. chalked mark, limit

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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

noun/kalʲc/Ulster/kælʲc/Ulster
  1. vocative/genitive singular of calc (“dense mass”)

    masculine
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