coill
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
coill f (genitive singular coille, nominative plural coillte)
Declension[edit]
Declension of coill
Derived terms[edit]
- bé choille (“nymph”)
- bíonn cluasa ar an gcoill (“walls have ears”)
- ceithearn choille (“woodkern, highwayman”)
- coillteach (“wooded, sylvan”, adjective)
- coilltigh (“forest, afforest”, verb)
- drischoill (“bramble brake”)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
coill
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
coill | choill | gcoill |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 410, page 135