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caiféin caighdeán caighdeánach caighdeánú cáil cailc cáiligh cailín cáilíocht cailís cáiliúil caill cailleach cailliúint cailliúnaí caillte caillteanas caimiléireacht cáin cáineadh cainéal
cailín
MASCULINE NOUN
OPPOSITE: buachaill
girl
níl ionat ach cailín beag
you're only a small girl
is cailín deas í
she's a nice girl
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
cailín
MASCULINE NOUN
GENITIVE SINGULAR
cailín
NOMINATVE PLURAL
cailíní
GENITIVE PLURAL
cailíní
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é cailín an 380ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 4,390 focal.
Cailín is the 380th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 4,390 words.
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
is cailín álainn tusa
you are a beautiful girl
beidh ar an chailín is áille ar domhan
you will be the most beautiful girl in the world
an bhfeiceann an cailín beag?
do you see the small girl?
sin rud nach bhfeictear go minic, cailín a ólann beoir
that's something you don't see often, a girl who drinks beer
Abair "le do thoil". - Le do thoil. - Maith an cailín.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
Say "please". - Please. - Good girl.
scéal faoi chailín beag a théann isteach sa choill
a story about a little girl who goes to the wood
chuir comhairle mhaith ar na cailíní
she gave good advice to the girls
tugann siad comhairle do chailíní a bhíonn ag súil le páiste
they give advice to girls who are expecting a child
duine de na cailíní sin
one of those girls
taitníonn cailíní liom
I like girls
an cailín tréigthe ag a leannán
the girl has been abandoned by her lover
cailín na spéaclaí móra?
Who is the girl with the big glasses?
Cailín álainn tusa.
You are a beautiful girl.
Fan go bhfeice - seisear buachaillí agus ceathrar cailíní. An bhfuil an ceart agam?
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
[Looking at a family photo:] Let me see - six boys and four girls. Am I right?
bíodh eagla ort, a chailín.
Don't be afraid, girl.
Bhí ag teannadh aníos ar a bheith ina cailín.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
She was growing up to be a girl.
Níl léamh scríobh inse béil ar an ghrá a thug mise don chailín udaí.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
There is no describing the love I had for that girl.