cailín dearg

Irish

Noun

cailín dearg m (genitive singular cailín dheirg, nominative plural cailíní dearga)

1. tongue

Mutation

Mutated forms of cailín dearg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cailín dearg	chailín dearg	gcailín dearg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cailín dearg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN