Scottish Gaelic word

caileag

girl

nounfeminine

caileag means “girl” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	caileag
Sèimheachadh	chaileag

Tha caileag bhòidheach anns a' phàipear ann.

There is a beautiful girl on the paper.

Tha caileag bhòidheach anns a' phàipear ann.

There is a beautiful girl on the paper.

Is caileag glè bhòidheach Heather.

Heather is a very beautiful girl.

Family

balach

boy

banais

wedding

banaltram

nurse, nanny, foster-mother

banntrach

widow

bean

woman, wife

beul-aithris

folklore, oral tradition

bodach

old man

boireannach

woman

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