coilear

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See also: coiléar

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish coilér, a borrowing from Middle English coler, from Anglo-Norman coler, from Late Latin collare, from Latin collum (neck).

Noun

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coilear m (genitive singular coileir, plural coilearan)

  1. collar (of shirt etc)

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
coilear choilear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “coilear”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coilér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language