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Etymological dictionary
càiteach, a rush mat for measuring corn, Ir. cáiteach, winnowing sheet; from càite, winnowed, from càth.
caiteag, a small bit (H.S.D.), a basket for trouts (M‘A. for Islands), basket (Sh.), a place to hold barley in (M‘L.). For the first sense, cf. W. cat, a piece, Sc. cat, a rag. In Irish Lat. the trout was called catus (Giraldus).
caiteas, scraped linen, applied for the stoppage of wounds (M‘F.); from Sc. caddis, lint for wounds, M. Eng. cadas, caddis, cotton wool, floss silk for padding, from O. Fr. cadas. See G. catas. caiteas = sawdust, scrapings (M‘D.).
caitein, nap of cloth, shag, Ir. caitín, catkin of the osier, little cat. The Eng. words caddis, catkin, and cotton seem to be mixed up as the basis of the G. and Ir. words. Cf. W. ceden, shaggy hair.
caith, spend, cast, Ir., O. Ir. caithim, *katjô, I consume, castaway; Skr. çâtayati, sever, cast down, destroy, çât-ana, causing to fall, wearing out, root çat. Allied to the root of cath, war.
caithear, just, right, Ir. caithear (Lh.), caithfidh, it behoves, M. Ir. caithfid; from caith, doubtless (Atk.).
caithream, shout of joy, triumph, Ir. caithréim; from cath, battle, and réim, a shout, E. Ir. rém. This last word Strachan refers to the root req (*rec‑m or *rec‑s‑m), Ch. Sl. reką, speak, Lith. rėkiù.
caithris, night-watching:
càl, kail, cabbage, Ir. cál, W. cawl, Cor. caul, Br. kaol; from Lat. caulis, a stalk, whence likewise Eng. cole (colewort) and Sc. kail.
cala, caladh, a harbour, Ir. caladh, M. Ir. calad. It is usual to correlate this with It. cala, Fr. cale, bay, cove (Diez, Thurneysen, Windisch), and Stokes even says the G. and Ir. words are borrowed from a Romance *calatum, It. calata, cala, Fr. cale, cove. More probably the Celtic root is qel, qal, hide, as in Eng. hollow, M. Eng. holh, hollow, cave, also Eng. hole, possibly. the root of cladh, has also been suggested.
caladair, calendar, Ir. calaindéir; from M. Eng. kalendar, through Fr. from Lat. calendarium, an account-book, from calendæ, the Calends or first of the month.
calaman, a dove; the common form of the literary columan, q.v.
calanas, spinning of wool; seemingly founded on Lat. colus, distaff. See cuigeal.
†calbh, head, pate, bald, so Ir., E. Ir. calb; from Lat. calva, scalp, calvus, bald. H.S.D. gives as a meaning "promontory", and instances "Aoineadh a’ Chailbh Mhuilich", which surely must be the Calf of Mull; and Calf is a common name for
