Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Irish caíle, from Old Irish coíle.[3] By surface analysis, caol +‎ -e.

Noun edit

caoile f (genitive singular caoile)

  1. thinness, slenderness
  2. (phonology, phonetics) palatalized quality
Declension edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

caoile

  1. inflection of caol:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caoile chaoile gcaoile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48
  3. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caíle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Irish caíle, from Old Irish coíle.[1] By surface analysis, caol +‎ -e.

Noun edit

caoile f (genitive singular caoile, no plural)

  1. thinness, slenderness

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

caoile

  1. inflection of caol:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caíle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language