Irish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Scots quhel, quheil (wheel), from Middle English whele (compare Scottish Gaelic cuidheall, Manx queeyl).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kiːlʲ/, /kiəlʲ/

Noun edit

cuidhil f

  1. (Antrim) spinning wheel

Synonyms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuidhil chuidhil gcuidhil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • Holmer, Nils M. (1940) On Some Relics of the Irish Dialect Spoken in the Glens of Antrim, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, page 108
  • Holmer, Nils M. (1942) The Irish Language in Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, page 182
  • Ó Baoill, Colm (1978) Contributions to a Comparative Study of Ulster Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University of Belfast, page 76