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caill.

lose

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/kailʲ/Munster/kɑːl̠ʲ/Galway/kal̠ʲ/Mayo, Ulster
  1. lose

  2. die

    euphemistic
    Cailleadh sa chogadh é
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish coillid (“destroys”), from coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldom (compare Welsh coll (“defect, loss”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-d- (“strike, cut”) (compare Old English healtian (“limp”)).

noun/kailʲ/Munster/kɑːl̠ʲ/Galway/kal̠ʲ/Mayo, Ulster
  1. vocative/genitive singular of call

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