See also: cail and càil

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish cáil, from Latin quālitās.

Noun edit

cáil f (genitive singular cáile, nominative plural cáileanna)

  1. reputation
  2. quality
  3. amount, portion
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
  • cáiligh (qualify, verb)
  • cáiliúil (celebrated for quality, famous; of medium quality, middling, adjective)
  • cáilmheas m (goodwill)
  • dea-cháil f (good reputation, fame; good quality)
  • droch-cháil f (bad reputation, ill repute; bad quality)

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

cáil m

  1. inflection of cál (kale; cabbage):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cáil cháil gcáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit