casal

See also: Casal

English

Etymology

From case +‎ -al

Adjective

casal (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of or relating to case.

   a casal ending

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “casal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• AACSL, Calas, Scala, calas, scala

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Galician

Alternative forms

• casar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese casal, from Late Latin casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale, Old French chesal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈsal/

Noun

casal m (plural casais)

1. homestead (a house together with surrounding land and buildings)

   Synonym: casarío

2. hamlet

   Synonyms: barrio, casarío, lugar, quinteiro, rueiro

Derived terms

• Casais
• Casal
• Casal do Mato
• Casar
• Casar do Mato
• Casarellos
• Casares
• Casás

 

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “casal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “casal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish casal (“mantle, cloak, chasuble”), from Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).

Noun

casal m (genitive singular casail, nominative plural casail)

1. (Christianity) chasuble
2. mantle

Declension

Declension of casal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative casal casail Vocative a chasail a chasala Genitive casail casal Dative casal casail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an casal na casail Genitive an chasail na gcasal Dative leis an gcasal don chasal leis na casail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
casal	chasal	gcasal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “casal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “casal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “chasuble”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “casal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• casau (Gascony)
• chasal (Auvergne)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa.

Noun

casal m (plural casals)

1. (Languedoc) vegetable garden

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese casal, from Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Spanish casal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɐ.ˈzaɫ/
• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈzaw/
• Hyphenation: ca‧sal

Noun

1. couple, married couple

   O casal perfeito não existe. ― The perfect couple does not exist.

2. pair
3. village, hamlet
4. farmhouse

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:casal.

Derived terms

• cama de casal
• quarto de casal

 

Related terms

• casa

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Spanish

Etymology

From or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Spanish casal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈsal/ [kaˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

casal m (plural casales)

1. country house
2. (Argentina, Uruguay) mating pair (of animals)
3. (poetic) hearth

Related terms

• casa