coille

Irish

Noun 1

coille f sg

1. genitive singular of coill (“wood, forest”)

Noun 2

coille f sg

variant genitive singular of caileann (“calends”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coille	choille	gcoille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cōlea, a feminine formation from Latin cōleus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ʎə/

Noun

coille oblique singular, f (oblique plural coilles, nominative singular coille, nominative plural coilles)

1. (anatomy, vulgar) ball, testicle

Related terms

• coillon

Descendants

• Middle French: couille
  • French: couille
• Walloon: coye
• → Middle Dutch: cul
  • Dutch: kul

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish caille, genitive singular of caill (“forest”) (compare modern Irish coill).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɤʎə/

Noun

coille f (genitive singular coille, plural coilltean or coilltichean)

1. forest

Derived terms

• blàran coille (“glade”)
• calman-coille (“woodpigeon”)
• coilltearachd (“forestry”)
• corcan-coille (“bullfinch”)
• crùban-coille (“turtle, tortoise”)
• dearcag-choille (“whortleberry”)
• lasair-choille (“goldfinch”)
• maor-coille (“forest ranger”)
• riabhag-choille (“tree pipit”)

 

Mutation

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