caoireoil

Irish

Alternative forms

• caoirfheoil

Etymology

From caora +‎ feoil.

Noun

caoireoil f (genitive singular caoireola)

1. mutton

Declension

Declension of caoireoil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative caoireoil Vocative a chaoireoil Genitive caoireola Dative caoireoil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chaoireoil Genitive na caoireola Dative leis an gcaoireoil don chaoireoil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caoireoil	chaoireoil	gcaoireoil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caoireoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caoireoil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “caoireoil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024