calaois

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

calaois f (genitive singular calaoise, nominative plural calaoisí)

1. deceit, fraud

Declension

Declension of calaois (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative calaois calaoisí vocative a chalaois a chalaoisí genitive calaoise calaoisí dative calaois calaoisí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chalaois na calaoisí genitive na calaoise na gcalaoisí dative leis an gcalaois don chalaois leis na calaoisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of calaois

radical	lenition	eclipsis
calaois	chalaois	gcalaois

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

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “calaois”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “calaois”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025