caidil
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish cotlaid (compare Irish codail, Manx caddil), from Old Irish ·cotli, prototonic of con·tuili, from *kom-tulī-, from Proto-Celtic *toleyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tel- (“be still”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
caidil (past chaidil, future caidlidh, verbal noun cadal, past participle caidilte)
Conjugation edit
| Tense \ Voice | Active | Passive |
|---|---|---|
| Present | a' cadal | -- |
| Past | chaidil | chaidleadh |
| Future | caidlidh | caidlear |
| Conditional | chaidleadhnote | chaidilteadh |
Note: The form for first person singular is chaidlinn, the form for first person plural is chaidleamaid.
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “caidil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “con·tuili”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language