Cúalu

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈkuə̯lu/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈkuə̯lə/

Proper noun

Cúalu f (genitive singular Cúalann)

1. Cualu, a territory in medieval Ireland south of the River Liffey, corresponding approximately to modern County Wicklow and southern County Dublin.
   • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

     i. bruden Daderga i crich Cualand, ocus bruden Ḟorgaill Manaich, ocus bruden Mic Dareo i mBrefni, ocus bruden Dachoca i n‑iarthor Mide ocus bruden Blai briuga i nUltaib.

     i.e. the hall of Daderga in the area of Cualu, and the hall of Forgall Manach, and the hall of Mac Dareo in Brefne, and the hall of Dachoca in the west of Meath, and the hall of Blai the landowner in Ulster.

Declension

• Accusative/dative singular: Cúalaind, Cúalainn
• Genitive singular: Cúalann, Cúaland

Descendants

• Irish: Cuala
• → English: Cualu

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Cúalu	Chúalu	Cúalu pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.