capall

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Irish

Capall

Etymology

From Old Irish capall, a borrowing from Proto-Brythonic *kappilos (compare Welsh ceffyl), from Proto-Celtic.

Pronunciation

Noun

capall m (genitive singular capaill, nominative plural capaill)

  1. horse (large hoofed animal)
    Proverb: Is minic a rinne bromach gioblach capall cumasach.Many a ragged colt made a noble horse.
  2. (Ulster) mare
  3. (genitive singular as attributive adjective) large, coarse (species of something)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
capall chapall gcapall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References


Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kapallos. Compare Welsh ceffyl and Gaulish caballos, presumably the source of Latin caballus.

Pronunciation

Noun

capall m (genitive capaill, nominative plural capaill)

  1. horse

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative capall capallL capaillL
Vocative capaill capallL caipliuH
Accusative capallN capallL caipliuH
Genitive capaillL capall capallN
Dative capullL caiplib caiplib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: capall
  • Manx: cabbyl
  • Scottish Gaelic: capall

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
capall chapall capall
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish capall (horse), from Proto-Celtic *kapallos.

Noun

capall m (genitive singular capaill, plural capaill)

  1. colt
  2. mare (female horse)

Usage notes

  • Even when meaning "mare", retains masculine gender.

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “capall”, 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), “capall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language