cuil
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cuil (“fly; flea, gnat”), from Proto-Celtic *kuli (compare Scottish Gaelic cuileag, Breton kelien, Welsh cylion), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló- (compare Latin culex (“gnat”), Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, “roasting spit”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
cuil f (genitive singular cuile, nominative plural cuileanna)
Declension
Declension of cuil
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- agairg na gcuileanna (“fly agaric”)
- bréagchuil (“fishing fly”)
- cuil fhearnóige (“alderfly”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cuil | chuil | gcuil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cuil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cuil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kuli, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló-.
Pronunciation
Noun
cuil f (genitive cuile, nominative plural cuile)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cuil | chuil | cuil pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cuil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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