cuisle
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish cuisle (“pipe, tube”), from Old Irish cusle, of obscure origin. Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).[1] Not related to Latin pulsus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcuisle f (genitive singular cuisle or cuisleann, nominative plural cuislí or cuisleanna or cuisleacha)
- pulse (regular beat felt when the arteries are depressed)
- (chiefly figuratively) vein, blood vessel
- forearm, wrist
- (figuratively) channel
- (geology) seam
- (music) flute
- (architecture) flute (groove in a column)
Declension
editDeclension of cuisle
- Alternative plural form: cuisleacha
- Archaic fifth-declension forms:
Declension of cuisle
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
edit- (vein): féith (used of literal veins)
- (blood vessel): fuileadán (used of literal blood vessels)
- (forearm): rí
- (channel): géag, góilín
- (musical instrument): fliúit, feadóg mhór
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: acushla (from vocative a chuisle)
- → English: macushla (from mo chuisle (literally “my pulse”))
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cuisle | chuisle | gcuisle |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cuisle”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page cuisle
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 228, page 115
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 43, page 19
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuisle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuisle”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 212
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuisle”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuisle”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cuisle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish cuisle (“pipe, tube”), from Old Irish cusle, of obscure origin. Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (“to cover”).[1] Not related to Latin pulsus.
Noun
editcuisle f (plural cuislean)
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cuisle | chuisle |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cuisle”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN, page cuisle
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