gadaiche

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gataige (“a thief”).

Noun

gadaiche m (genitive singular gadaiche, plural gadaichean)

1. thief, robber

   Synonym: mèirleach

Derived terms

• frìth-ghadaiche
• gadaiche-taighe

 

Mutation

Mutation of gadaiche

radical	lenition
gadaiche	ghadaiche

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gataige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language