càl
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cal"
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Cognate with Irish cál, English cole and kale, Icelandic kál, German Kohl, etc.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
càl m (genitive singular càil, no plural)
- colewort, greens, cabbage, kale
- name for all sorts of cabbage
- Scotch broth of which kale is a principal ingredient
- dinner
- An d' fhuair thu do chàl? ― Did you have your dinner (kale)?
- (rare) joke
Derived terms edit
- càl amh (“lettuce”)
- càl ceannan (“bubble and squeak”)
- càl liath-ghlas (“Chenopodium album”)
- càl na mara (“sea kale”)
- càl nan each (“horseradish”)
- càl purpaidh (“red cabbage”)
- càl ribeach (“(vegetable) greens”)
- càl sgeallain (“mustard greens”)
- càl-bloinigein (“spinach”)
- càl-broillein (“broccoli”)
- càl-carrach (“cauliflower”)
- càl-ceairsleach (“curly kale”)
- càl-colaig (“cauliflower”)
- càl-colbhairt (“wild cabbage”)
- càl-crasgach (“kale”)
- càl-deanntaige (“nettle leaves; nettle soup”)
- càl-duilisg (“dulse pudding”)
- càl-earraich (“spring greens”)
- càl-geal (“white cabbage”)
- càl-greannach (“curly kale”)
- càl-gruithean (“cauliflower”)
- càl-grutha (“cauliflower”)
- càl-gruthach (“cauliflower”)
- càl-Manainneach (“Coincya monensis”)
- càl-Phàdraig (“Saxifraga spathularis”)
- cal-shalann (“alkali”)
- càl-slapach (“Chenopodium album”)
- càl-tràgha (“sea kale”)
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| càl | chàl |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |