Irish word

cailleadh

past indicative autonomous of caill

verbmasculine/ˈkɑlʲəɡ/

cailleadh means “past indicative autonomous of caill” in Irish and is used as a verb. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɑlʲəɡ/.

Mutation forms

Cailleadh Séamas Mhicí Sheáin anuraidh.

Séamas Mhicí Sheáin died last year.

Cailleadh a hathair.

Her father died.

Nach raibh a fhios agat gur cailleadh í tuairim is dhá bhliain ó shin?

Didn't you know that she passed away about two years ago?

Cailleadh a fear céile go tobann anuraidh, beannacht Dé leis.

Her husband died suddenly last year, God have mercy on him.

In áit a bheith ag cruinniú céille is é rud atá sé ag cailleadh cibé a bhí aige.

Instead of gathering sense, what he's doing is losing whatever amount he had.

Time

tosaigh

to begin

críochnaigh

finish

níos

lean

to follow

fan

to wait

deir

says

mair

live

cinnte

certain, sure

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