Definitions For Cailleach
Noun
{{ga-noun, f, caillí, ~a}} (historical) nun : {{syn, ga, cailleach dhubh, cailleach Mhuire}} old woman, hag; midwife witch :: {{RQ:Amhrán na Mara, 7, Macha, Cailleach na nUlchabhán, Macha the Owl Witch}} (informal, usually, pejorative) old dear (informal, also, offensive, pejorative) old girl precocious girl (informal, offensive, pejorative) bag, bat, bitch, cat, cow, dog, jade, shrew of man {{qualifier, contemptuously}} spineless fellow, coward : {{syn, ga, cailleach fir}} {{qualifier, facetiously, in direct address}} lad! spent, shrivelled, thing stump; obstructing object {{qualifier, of straw, wrack}} truss, bundle stone weight {{qualifier, on rope, net}} recess for bed; alcove; (familiar) snuggery : {{syn, ga, cailleach shúgáin}} rainmaker scold (architecture) outshot; return hagfish, borerDeclension
{{ga-decl-f2, c, ailleach, aillí, dat=ailligh, datoc=a}}Derived terms
{{der3, ga, {{l, ga, cailleach dhubh, g=f, , nun; cormorant}} }}Alternative forms
{{alter, en, caillach, cailliach}}Etymology
From {{inh, ga, sga, caillech, t=nun, housekeeper, elderly woman, crone, hag}}, from caille, t=veil (+ -ach, -ech), from {{der, ga, la, pallium}}.Mutation
{{ga-mut}}Is Cailleach a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
NO
Scrabble US
NO
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
19
The word Cailleach is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends