See also: cuil and cùil

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish cuil, from Proto-Celtic *kūlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-lo-, from *(s)kewH- (to cover).

Noun edit

cúil f (genitive singular cúlach, nominative plural cúlacha)

  1. corner, nook
  2. heap, store
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

cúil m

  1. inflection of cúl:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural
  2. Alternative form of cúl

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cúil chúil gcúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.